CARDIGAN.— The Coastguard on the look out at Penrhyn Castle observed a light in the bay, apparently shown by a vessel in distress, while a strong gale was blowing and a very heavy sea running on the night of the 23rd March. The crew of the...
SICK MAN ON BOARD St. Mary's, Scilly Islands. At 9.45 a.m. on 6th January, 1964, the Penlee honorary medical adviser informed the honorary secretary that the s.s. Eva Jeanette, due off the Bishop's lighthouse at 5 p.m., had a sick...
SICK MAN TAKEN TO MAINLAND St. Mary's, Scilly Islands. At 11.40 on the morning of the 6th January, 1962, a local doctor asked the honorary secretary if the life-boat could take a man to Penzance for an emergency operation for acute...
Lymington branch had another very successful day at Beattlieu Boat Jumble on Sunday April 4, with a total turnover of £1,886. This year, one section of the stall was devoted to 'Bits from Famous Boats', which included a... - View image in PDF
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Weymouth, Dorset.—At 1.20 in the afternoon of the 17th of April, 1952, the Wyke Regis coastguard telephoned a wireless message from a steamer that the motor yacht Coila, of Plymouth, on passage to Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, was flying distress...
MRS. BELLA MATTISON whose portrait is on page 254 is the last of the fisher- wives of Cullercoats to eollect for the Life-boat Service.
The collections started in 1922 when twenty-six of the fisherwives, among them Mrs....
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SEPTEMBER 12TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE, AND LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.
Early in the morning news was received at both stations through the coastguard, from the naval authorities, that the naval salvage vessel Salvage King was...
A 13-year-old’s quick thinking and love for his Dad keep them both alive when a February kayaking trip goes wrong
After a good breakfast, Paul Rowlands kissed his wife Julie goodbye and set off on an adventure with his son...
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Every child has their heroes. For James ‘Suds’ Sutherland they were footballers and lifeboat crew. So when ‘Suds’, a lifelong Celtic supporter with strong family links to the RNLI, died of a brain tumour in 2015, his friends found the...
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Yacht aground HEARING, just after 1700 on Sunday September 13, 1981. that a yacht had grounded on the training bank off Buoy C6. Helmsman Edward Brown telephoned the honorary secretary of New Brighton lifeboat station. Almost immediately, as...