Cromarty.—At four o'clock on the morning of the 20th of October, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that a fishing boat had run ashore off Arder- sier and needed help. At 5.10 the life-boat James Macfee put out. The sea was rough, a gale...
Aldeburgh crew members with their RYA certificates tL-R): Gillingwater, 'son Burns. Alison Foxon. Karl Barber and Adrian Burns. James Cable (not pictured) also achieved a certificate following the course.. - View image in PDF
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SEAHAM, DURHAM.—-The ss. Norman, of London, bound from Dantzie to Stockton with grain, went ashore about a mile and a half N. of Seaham Harbour shortly before 1 A.M. on the 10th June, during a N. wind and high sea. The Life-boat Sisters...
The Walter and Elizabeth Groombridge Award for the most meritorious rescue by an inshore lifeboat crew in 2009 has been given to Whitstable Helm Jonathan Carter and Crew Members Tony Martin and Henry Thomson. The crew saved the life of a man...
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Sir Peter Compston With deep regret we report the recent death of former RNLI Deputy Chairman, Vice Admiral Sir Peter Compston KCB.
Sir Peter had a long and distinguished career in the Royal Navy, including numerous...
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GEAR SELECTOR VALVE Torbay Lifeboat 'Princess Alexandra of Kent' showing use of MD24 control with GARDNER LW engine and DC gearbox hydraulically actuated GOVENOR CONTROL 'It's simplicity itself (AN ASSOCIATE COMPANY OF MORSE...
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Sixteen minutes: five children rescued 1436: SUNDAY JUNE 15, 1986: honorary secretary of Rye Harbour lifeboat station, while working in the boathouse hears Camber Coastguard on radio to Dover Coastguard requesting immediate launch of Rye'...
At about 7.45 P.M. on the 20th -May two of H.M. Torpedo-boat Destroyers, the Oherwell and Ettrick, when near the Barber Sand steaming northward, ran aground. The weather was moderate, but the ships being unable to get clear fired signals for...
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 10.45 on the night of the 21st of July, 1950, the Ventnor coastguard passed on a message from the steamer Stability that the yacht Corinne, of Glasgow, was dis- abled and in need of help. Half an hour later the...
MARCH 1 3TH. - RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE.
Shortly after 1 A.M. the Kettleness coastguard reported distress signals from a vessel ashore on Kalder Steel. A moderate northerly breeze was blowing, with a slight sea and heavy rain....