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Faith Ann
Disabled and drifting with a fouled propeller, the fishing boat Faith Ann was in trouble in storm force winds, 50 miles off Orkney. Soon after midday on 26 April the Shetland Coastguard requested the launch of the Stromness lifeboat on a...
Lifeboat Services June July and August 1981
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire D class inflatable: August 3 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Relief Atlantic 21: June 13. 18, July 24. 25 and August 8 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: June 3. 4, 8, 24. July 13 (twice), 28, 29. August 6, 20 and 21 Aberystwyth,...
Category: Services
Pilot Me II, Provider A and Lead Us
Whitby, Yorkshire.—Three local fish- ing boats were at sea on the morning of the llth of November, 1952, in deteriorating weather, and at 11.25 the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched in a heavy sea with a northerly gale blowing....
Betty, Rosemary and Rachel
Scarborough, Yorkshire. — On the morning of the 27th of April, 1953, the fishing cobles Betty, Rosemary, and Rachel, of Scarborough, were at sea in bad weather, and the weather was becoming worse. About 7.35 one of them was seen...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 5th January, 1882.
EDWARD BIRKBECK, Esq., M.P., V.P., in the Chair.
He expressed his high appreciation of the honour the Committee had conferred on him in electing him Deputy-Chairman of the...
Category: Committee
The S.S. Markab N. and a Norwegian Tanker
Dover, Kent.—At 8.47 on the even- ing of the 24th of April, 1953, the Sandgate coastguard rang up to say that a message had been received from the North Foreland radio station through the Dungeness pilot cutter that the S.S. Markab N., of...
The Fundraisers
Monkey business City of Derby branch is rather short of collectors, so was glad to welcome this new recruit at Grangecroft Garden Centre - where he helped to raise £360.
Any supporters who can help in the Derby area,...
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Hilda, Reliance and Courage
JAN. 2ND. - SCARBOROUGII, YORKSHIRE.
Some of the local motor fishing boats were caught at sea by bad weather. A N.E. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea.
The Eagle came in and reported that the boats...
Venus and Pilot Me
About 5 A.M. on the 18th October four of the local fishing boats put to sea. Shortly afterwards the wind veered to the N.N.W. and increased to a strong gale with very heavy seas which made it dangerous to enter the harbour. One of the boats...