Southwold, Suffolk.—On the morning of the 20th August the coastguard reported that two motor fishing boats inDunwich Bight which were trying to make Southwold harbour were in danger. A moderate to strong S.S.W breeze was blowing and the sea...
Six survivors snatched from yacht in Force 9 gale and heavy seas A service to a 50ft yacht by St Peter Port's Arun class lifeboat Sir William Arnold in atrocious weather conditions resulted in media headlines throughout the country - and...
• The quality of lifeboat station histories seems to improve steadily. A recent outstanding example is The Men of The Mumbles Head by Carl Smith (J. D. Lewis and Sons, Gower Press, Llandysul, Dyfed, £3.50).
Mr Smith,...
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Beaumaris, Anglesey. At 2.50 on the afternoon of the 4th of August, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat with an out- board motor had broken down off Penmon Point. At three o'clock the life-boat Field...
• The Pocket Oxford Guide to Sailing Terms has been abridged by Ian Dean- —himself a keen sailor—from the classic work by Peter Kemp, Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. The slim volume, published by Oxford University Press, price...
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On the night of 2ist. December, 1945, the Walton and Frinton life-boat rescued eleven men from two naval motor fishing vessels which had stranded on the Gunfleet Sands in a very heavy sea. The life-boat's rudder was damaged and Coxswain...
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MCH. 15TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 6.12 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that two barges were in need of help to the east of the coastguard station. A moderate N.E. gale was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor life-boat...
THE following Eegulations are intended for the guidance of the Local Committee to be formed at each place at which a life-boat is stationed by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and to whose care and control the life-boat, her crew, and...
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Coxswain John Fox (right) and his son Michael were both in the crew of Shoreham Lifeboat Dorothy and Philip Constant when, on August 5, Albin Ballad and her crew of three were rescued during a south westerly gale force 9. Coxswain Fox, who... - View image in PDF
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On the following day the gale still continued, and as it was reported that several vessels were ashore along the coast, and that others were in danger, the crews of the Life-boats assembled in readiness for service. At about 10 A.M. the brig...