Hastings, Sussex. At 10.55 on the morning of the 16th of February, 1958, the Fairlight coastguard told the honor- ary secretary that a vessel was in diffi- culties off Bexhill. The life-boat M.T.C.
was launched at 11.3 in a...
Race to the Pole
by James Cracknell
and Ben Fogle
Review by Charlie Cash
After conquering the perils of the Atlantic Ocean in an open boat, most people would wallow in the...
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THE Maud Smith reward in memory of John, Seventh Earl of Hardwicke, for the bravest act of life-saving of the year by a life-boatman was awarded to Coxswain Douglas Kirk- aldie, of Ramsgate, for his courage on the 20th of August, 1952, in...
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JULY 16TH . - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 4.15 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a vessel had gone ashore at North Head. A light N.E. breeze was blowing, with a slight sea, and there was a thick fog....
On the 26th February the services of this valuable life-boat were again called into re- quisition. Early in the morning the boat of the brigantine Matilda, of Stockholm, with 4 of her crew, and a Lowestoft pilot on board, found their way...
APRIL 9TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.
At 1.22 in the morning the coastguard reported that the 7,000-ton S.S. Hilary, of Liverpool, was ashore at Carmel Head. She was homeward bound from Brazil to Liverpool with general cargo...
Recollections of Sir William Reardon Smith, Bt.Recollections of Sir William Reardon Smith, Bt.
IN the last number of The Lifeboat a history was published of the Appledore Station, which was established in 1825, of its...
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NOVEMBER 15TH . - RHYL, FLINT - SHIRE, AND HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE.
A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but the life-boats found nothing, and it was learned later that no aeroplane was missing. - Rewards :...
The photographs were taken by Mr. S. C. F. Gooding, Honorary Treasurer of the Aldeburgh Branch.. - View image in PDF
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Hastings, Sussex.—24th July, 1939.
An aeroplane had been reported to have come down in the sea. Another aeroplane and a motor boat joined the life-boat in the search, but nothing could be found and no aeroplane was reported...