The St Mary's (Isle of Scilly) lifeboat Robert Edgar pictured while standing by the Cuban-registered refrigerated carrier Gran Piedra off St Agnes on Sunday 16 May 1993.The size of the seas and the severity of the weather can clearly be...
D class inflatable saves two from lee shore in near gale Helmsman Alan Attrill of Bembridge inshore lifeboat has been accorded the RNLFs Thanks on Vellum following the rescue last August of three people from a yacht aground on Bembridge...
APRIL 1 ST. - TORBAY, DEVON. At 11.53 P.M. on 31st March, a message was received from the resident naval officer at Brixham that a boat from H.M.S. Pomerol with men on board was adrift outside the harbour. A fresh S.S.E. gale was blowing,...
APRIL 23RD. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
At about 12.50 P.M. the coastguard reported that a vessel about three miles south of Portland Bill was showing distress signals, and the motor life-boat William and Clara Ryland was launched...
NOVEMBER 1ST. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. Wind and sea had got up in the morning while several fishing boats were out, and by eleven o’clock a strong easterly gale was blowing, with a rough sea.
The motor life-boat Herbert...
SEPTEMBER 20TH. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. About 5.45 in the afternoon the harbour master reported a yacht burning red flares in Yarmouth Roads. A strong north-westerly gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. The motor life-boat S.G.E. was...
FEBRUARY 6TH. - BROUGHTY FERRY, ANGUS. At 5.25 A.M. the coastguard at Carnoustie telephoned that distress flares had been seen between Horseshoe and Lady Buoys, and the motor life-boat Mona was launched at 6 A.M. A westerly gale was blowing,...
NOVEMBER 8TH. - CLACTON-ON-SEA (AT BRIGHTLINGSEA), ESSEX During the afternoon the naval base at Brightlingsea reported that two steamers were sinking in the West Swin. A strong S.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor life-boat...
JAN. 2ND. - REDCAR, AND TEESMOUTH, YORKSHIRE. At about 9.45 A.M. the coastguard at Marske telephoned that a motor fishing vessel was in distress four miles north-east of Huntcliffe. She was the Success, of Whitby, with a crew of four. Her...
AT 8.15 on the morning of 8th November last, the Motor Life-boat on the Humber was launched in a strong breeze, with a rough sea in answer to signals of distress, and after travelling for two hours at full speed found a steamtrawler, the...
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