Nov. 12TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
At 4.15 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a steamer was aground on the Newcombe Sands. A light S.W. wind was blowing, with a moderate sea, and a thick fog. At 4.30 A.M. a...
AMERICAN STEAMER AGROUND Falmouth, Cornwall. — Shortly after 1.0 in the morning of February 1st, 1947, information was received from the coastguard that a steamer in the harbour was showing signals of distress.
A south-east...
Dover, Kent. At 5.25 on the evening of the 13th of November, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a local fishing boat was mis- sing off Folkestone. When the life-boat Southern Africa put out at 6.3 it was low water....
The motor Life-boat Charterhouse was called out during a whole N.N.W. gale and very heavy sea on the 21st October, to the assistance of the suction-dredger Porteur, of London, which had been at anchor in Fishguai'd Harbour, but was cast...
During a S.W, gale on the 27th January, signals of distress were shown by the ketch Christine, of Milford, which had stranded on the Dogger Bank. The crew of the Life-boat James Stevens No. 15 were at once assembled, but before they had...
THE WEATHER TO SAIL, OR NOT.
PORTSMOUTH BRIGHTON BOURNEMOUTH Accurate information on weather conditions is essential for all seagoing activities. You can obtain detailed descriptions of present conditions, the 24 hour...
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PLYMOUTH. — The Life-boat Clemency put off on the 9th February, during a very heavy S. gale, and rendered valuable assistance to the s.s. Hankow, of London, which was in a perilous position outside Plymouth Breakwater. The Life-boat conveyed...
Fortunately the age old advice 'never, ever volunteer' is as widely disregarded today as it was in Sir William Hillary's time. Richard Mann, the RNLI's Regions Manager, looks at some of the ways that the Institution is...
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JUNE 5TH. - BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE.
At 6.40 in the evening the coastguard reported a vessel in difficulties five miles away, east of Bridlington coastguard station. She had a heavy list and her crew were abandoning her. A...
Barrow, September 27, 1986: from model lifeboats to the real thing! The model lifeboat rallies organised by Des Newton since 1979 helped provide the funds to pay for Barrow's new 16ft D class inflatable lifeboat, Modeller I. The handing... - View image in PDF
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