At 3.32 p.m. on 3Oth August, 1966, the motor yacht Blue Marlin was seen drifting two miles south of Chichester. At 3.50 the life-boat Canadian Pacific was launched ina rough sea and a south westerly wind. It was three and a half hours after...
Tenby, Pembrokeshire - At 3.1 p.m.
on I3th August, 1966, information was received that a man had fallen over the cliffs at Monkstone Point. At 3.18 the life-boat Henry Comber Brown was launched with a punt in tow. There was...
Sundcrland, Co. Durham - At 12.47 p.m. on 4th June, 1967, news was received that a motor fishing vessel two to three miles off Sunderland was flying distress signals. At 1.6 the life-boat William Myers and Sarah Jane Myers was launched in a...
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex - At 4.10 p.m. on iyth June, 1967, a message was received that the yacht Snark had been swept on to Gunfleet sands following engine trouble. The life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was launched at 4.25 in a moderate east north...
A collection box filled by patrons and staff of The Masons Arms pub in Cilgerran, Wales has been dubbed 'top box' by Cardigan branch - every three to four weeks the box secretary is on standby for a call to the... - View image in PDF
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Newhaven, Sussex.—At 7.20 in the evening of the 20th of June, 1948, the coastguard reported a small vessel off Seaford Head flying distress signals, and the motor life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott was launched in a south- westerly breeze...
Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 12.22 in the afternoon of the 27th of February, 1949, the medical officer of health, telephoned that there had been an acci- dent in Unst, and a man must be taken to hospital at once. A strong northerly gale was...
Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 5.12 a.m.
on 3rd October, 1965, a motor yacht was reported in trouble one and a half miles north of Danger Patch. The life-boat Ann Letitia Russell was launched at 5.30 in a moderate breeze and a...
New Brighton, Cheshire. At 6.25 a.m.
on igth October, 1965, the honorary secretary was told that a collision had occurred off Pluckington Bank buoy and that a coaster was sinking. The life-boat Norman B. Corlett went out at...
At 2.55 p.m. on 26th January, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an unknown vessel was seen apparently broken down off Bognor Regis. The life-boat Canadian Pacific was launched at 3.25 in a moderate north-easterly...