William Archibald Rowe died on 30th July, 1963, after his boat had struck a rock. He swam ashore, and a member of the Coverack crew gave him first aid. He was taken to hospital by helicopter but died there.
He had been an...
Category: Obituaries
Overturned fishing vessel AN EIGHTEEN FOOT fishing vessel, Melinda Muriel, had put out to sea from Skinningrove, Cleveland, with fourpeople on board on the morning of Tuesday July 29, 1986. The wind was north westerly and there were squally...
Whitby, Yorkshire - At 1.20 p.m. on 8th June, 1966, an R/T message was received from the m.f.v. Provider stating she had sprung a serious leak about seven miles north east of Whitby. The life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth launched at 1.25 in a...
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At 7.30 P.M. the coastguard reported a motor boat flying a distress signal, and the motor life-boat Michael Stephens was launched at 7.55 P.M. The position given was one and a half miles...
SINCE the publication of the last number of the LIFE-BOAT JOURNAL, terrible disas- ters have befallen the crews of the Life- boats at Southport and St. Anne's, on the coast of Lancashire, the full details of which are given in the...
Category: Articles
ON 20th August the Runswick motor life-boat, Robert Patton—The Always Ready, rescued a man whose yacht was in distress in Runswick Bay. The account of that service appears on page 364. Here is another account of the same service—by the man...
Category: Services
Barrow, Lancashire.—At 8.30 in the morning of the 3rd of August, 1949, the yacht Falcon broke from her moorings in Piel Harbour. A north-westerly gale and the ebbing tide carried her away to sea. It was not known if anyone was on board, and...
Coverack, Cornwall.—1st July. A steamer had run aground in a fog, but got off without help.—Rewards, £10. 6s..
18th July. A motor boat had caught fire, but another motor boat took off the crew. — Rewards, £5 17s. 6d..
Ramsgate, Kent. — 12th July. A small yacht had stranded on the Brake Sand, but floated off.—Rewards, £3..