Eastbourne, Sussex - At 4.48 p.m. on nth March, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat had fired a red flare and one of her crew was waving a coat attached to an oar.
There was a fresh...
Whitby, Yorkshire - At 8.50 a.m. on 24th May, 1966, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that a heavy swell was building up on the bar and that at least one of the smaller cobles was at sea.
The life-boat Mary Ann...
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight - At 11.10 p.m. on 3ist July, 1966, red flares were reported about 400 yards east of the entrance to Lymington river. At 11.28 the life-boat The Earl and Countess Howe proceeded in a southerly gale. The tide was...
At 8.37 p.m. on 30th July, 1966, it was noticed that a motor boat one mile northnorth- west of Cape Cornwall had fired a distress rocket. The life-boat Susan Ashley was launched at 8.45 in a strong north-westerly wind and a very rough sea....
At 11.10 p.m. on 30th April, 1967, the owner of the trawler Sunningdale of Grimsby informed the coxswain that the vessel had run short of fuel and required assistance. The vessel was at anchor eight miles south south east of Spurn...
Rhyl, Flintshire - At 1.14 p.m. on 20th May, 1967, it was learned that an upturned dinghy was drifting in the direction of Rhyl one mile off the Golden Sands holiday camp. The life-boat Anthony Robert Marshall was launched at 1.25 in a gale...
Selsey, Sussex - At 7.30 p.m. on 14th August, 1967, the coastguard reported that a yacht, which had been under observation in Love Channel, had turned north instead of continuing on course for Portsmouth or Chichester harbour, and was now...
St Ives 37' Oakley lifeboat Frank Penfold Marshall launched on February 17 to take Dr Morley Phillips, honorary medical adviser, to a Dutch trawler, Johanna, north ofSt Ives Head with an injured seaman on board. In west-north-west severe... - View image in PDF
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Scarborough lifeboat, the 37ft Oakley Amelia, under the command of Coxswain Ian Firman, setting off soon after 1100 on January 26, 1984, to help the Fleetwood trawler Navena, which was making water and listing about nine miles north east of... - View image in PDF
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Just after 1000 that morning Filey Coastguard reported a dismasted yacht off Filey Buoy. The wind had gone round to north west and had risen again to a fresh breeze, force 5; the sea was rough. At 1014 the lifeboat launched to escort the...