On the 10th Jan. the steam-tug Slasher, of Liver- pool, while on her way to that port with the ship Bolton Abbey in tow, fell in, about daybreak, with the schooner Van- guard, of Carnarvon, which had been in collision with a foreign barque,...
RNLI supporter Joan Bennett swapped land for sea on a sailing trip last year, thanks to an auction of promises event put on by the Alton Fundraising Branch. In the last 5 years, Joan’s bids have won her three of these sail-away days, joining...
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THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain Wilfred Perrin of Skegness.
He was appointed coxswain in October 1947, and since then Skegness life-boats have been launched on service 47 times and have rescued 22...
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Dressed for the job...
Suitably attired, for the lifeboat if not for their surroundings, youngsters four-year-old Lucie Polwin, her brother Ben (10) and sister Hannah (8) (right), helped their parents on flag day in... - View image in PDF
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FEBRUARY 8TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
A red light had been reported and the life-boat was launched and stood by in readiness, but she was not required to go out as a convoy was passing and its escort vessels were asked to...
DECEMBER 7TH MARGATE KENT, AND WALTON AND FRINTON ESSEX.
A drifter had run aground and a fishing boat was in difficulties, but the drifter refloated and a pilot boat took the fishing boat in tow.
The...
Humber: The 100-year-old, 86ft gaff-rigged ketch, William McCann, had run aground at Donna Nook on the night of Saturday November 17, 1984. Her II passengers were lifted off during the night by helicopter while Humber's 54ft Arun class... - View image in PDF
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On the 21st December, during a heavy gale from N.N.E., the schooner Little Aggie, of Ber- wick, with a cargo of slates, got on shore at Hauxley. The life-boat stationed there was immediately transported to the scene of the wreck, and with...
The Life-boat Charley Lloyd, in answer to a signal of distress shown from the schooner Dalkeith, of Stornoway, went off at 5 A.M. on the 16th Dec. The Dalkeith was anchored in Serab- ster Roads, but the violence of the wind had caused her to...
SCARBOROUGH.—The steam fishing-boat Sequel, of Scarborough, while making for the harbour at 2.30 P.M., on the 26th November, stranded on the beach to the west of the piers and struck heavily. The Lady Leigh Life-boat put off to her...