Lifeboatmen prepare to transfer one of the four survivors from the capsized speedboat from Plymouth's Arun class lifeboat to hospital. - View image in PDF
Photo Nic Randall, Plymouth News Pictures. - View image in PDF
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SEPT. 9TH. - MARGATE, KENT, AND SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea off Leysdown. The Margate life-boat was launched just after eleven at night in a thick fog and reached Leysdown two hours and twenty...
COLLIER HELPLESS IN A HEAVY SEA Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 4.50 in the morning of February 10th, 1947, the coastguard telephoned that North Fore- land Radio had picked up a call for help from a vessel in the Lowestoft area.
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25th November. A vessel had been reported ashore, but she must have got off as the tide rose, for she could not be found.—Rewards, £21 6s..
FEBRUARY 23RD. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE, AND GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE.
A red light had been reported and information was received that a man had fallen overboard from an aircraft carrier, but nothing was found. - Rewards :...
Wick, Caithness-shire.—At 2.57 on the afternoon of the 10th of August, 1956, the coastguard reported that the Norwegian vessel Pan had engine trouble six miles south-east of Dun- cansby Head and needed help imme- diately. The life-boat City...
The Winterl990/91 Lifeboat Royal National Lifeboat Institution Contents Volume 52 Number 514 Chairman: MICHAEL VERNON Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES RD FNI RNR Editor: MIKE FLOYD Headquarters: Royal National Lifeboat Institution,...
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Holyhead (or Caergybi to Welsh speakers) is the largest town on Anglesey.
The harbour was built more than a century ago and its massive breakwater, sheltering some two miles of water from the fury of storms, took nearly 30... - View image in PDF
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Clovelly, Devon.—12th August, 1938.
A small boat had been reported capsized four miles north of Bude, but nothing could be found.—Rewards, £18 4s..
TWO PEOPLE CUT OFF BY TIDE Dover, Kent. At 5.42 on the evening of the 15th June, 1963, the coastguard informed the motor mechanic that two people were cut off by the tide between Dover and St. Margaret's Bay. The life-boat Southern...