Newquay (Cornwall): In beautiful weather on Sunday August 12, Father Donald Smith, station honorary chaplain, conducts the service of dedication of the new 17ft 6in C class inflatable lifeboat provided by clubs affiliated to the Rugby... - View image in PDF
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On the 14th June the smack Amity, of Aberyst- with, left Aberdovey for Rochester, while the wind was blowing from the N.W.
When near the Bar the wind suddenly shifted, and the strong ebb tide carried the vessel on to the...
YACHTMEN'S FRANTIC SIGNALS Newhaven, Sussex. At 3.40 on the afternoon of Sunday the 1 Ithof August, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the crew of a yacht four to five miles south-south-east of Newhaven were waving...
NEW YEAR HONOURS Knights Bachelor Captain David Stanley Tibbits, DSC RN (Retd.), Deputy Master, Trinity House. Sir David is an exofficio member of the RNLI Committee of Management.
QBE Rodney Murison Addison, Vice- Chairman...
Category: Awards
SUNDERLAND (SotTTH Pl*B>—The S.S.
Jacinth,* of Dundee, in ballast from Montrose for Sunderland, in making for the south entrance, on the night of the 2nd March, struck on the South Beacon rocks and was badly holed. The...
FEBRUARY 8TH. - HOWTH, CO. DUBLIN.
A small fishing boat with two men on board was long overdue, but while a search was being made for her she got in without help. - Rewards, £14 0s. 6d..
JULY 20TH. - BALTIMORE, CO. CORK.
Information had been received that a cargo boat had been torpedoed, but though the life-boat searched for a long time in the neighbourhood of the Fastnet Rock she found nothing. - Rewards,...
JULY 26TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. A small yacht had gone ashore on the Dogger Bank, but got off without help. - Partly paid permanent crew.
- Rewards, £2 14s. 6d..
JANUARY 20TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO.
DOWN. A raft with two men on board had been reported missing after a motor vessel had been sunk in collision, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £6 17s..
MARCH 14TH. - FENIT, CO. KERRY.
A fishing boat had been reported in difficulties off Smerwick Harbour, but the lifeboat found her abandoned. Her crew had got ashore. - Rewards, £20 9s..