Walmer, Kent.—At 6.5 on the morn- ing of the 24th of February, 1955, the Deal coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Foch Rose, of Liverpool, which had a crew of twelve, had run aground on Oldstairs Shoal. At 6.30 the life- boat Charles Dibdin,...
Life-Boat O.N. 70-001. At 12.10 a.m.
on yth February, 1966, the crew of the first seventy foot steel life-boat, anchored in Clovelly roads, intercepted a message on the radio from the German motor vessel Ameland stating...
JANUARY 19TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 6.30 in the evening the vice-admiral at Dover requested the services of the life-boat to take a doctor to the British steamer Sammax. A north-west gale was blowing, with snow, and the sea was rough. In that...
MARCH 27TH. - WALMER, KENT. The Deal coastguard reported that a collision had occurred near the south-west Goodwin Buoy.
A fresh northerly breeze was blowing with a very heavy swell. At 4.50 A.M. the motor life-boat Charles...
OCTOBER 22ND. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
At 12.50 P.M. the naval officer in charge at Barrow reported a boat in distress off Ravenglass harbour, and the motor lifeboat N.T. was launched at 1 P.M. A fresh S.W. wind was blowing,...
Coming into force 1200 zone time, July 15, 1977 AN INTRODUCTION TO AN INTRODUCTION by Leslie J. Vipond Inspector, Mobile Training Unit AS A YOUNG MAN, determined to follow the sea as a career, I grew up to fear the 'Articles'. The...
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New BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. About eleven in the morning of the 2nd of August, 1944, two men in the motor fishing boat Maud, of New Brighton, were fishing six miles eastsouth- east of the Bar Lightship. A light south-west wind was blowing, with a...
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Withernsea East Division HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TEST LIFEBOAT TO LIMITS Sick yachtsman rescued in Gale force winds and 15ft seas John Hartland, 42, helmsman of the Withernsea inshore lifeboat has been awarded the Institution's Bronze Medal...
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Scarborough, and Filey, Yorkshire.—At 6.10 in the evening of the 17th of January, 1949, the Scarborough coast- guard reported to the life-boat station that anxiety was felt for the safety of the local motor fishing coble Hilda which had left...
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT has been a year of splendid achievement for the Life-boat Service, overshadowed by a great tragedy.
During the year the Institution gave rewards for the rescue of no fewer than 591 lives....
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