MAN TAKEN OFF NORWEGIAN FREIGHTER Salcombe, Devon. At 6.40 on the evening of the 6th August 1962, the honorary secretary received a message from the Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, that a man and his boat had been picked up by the Norwegian...
DF bearing OBAN COASTGUARD reported to the deputy launching authority of Islay lifeboat station at 0216 on Wednesday February 16 that the fishing vessel Girl Norma had broken down to the west of Jura.
The night was dark and...
7th De- cember. Two boys in a boat had got lost in a fog, but made land unaided.
The father of one of the boys gave the life-boat crew fifty guineas in appre- ciation of their search. — Rewards, £24 8s. 6d..
IN bringing this book to the notice of the readers of the LIFE-BOAT JOURNAL, it is felt that no apology is necessary on account of the subject not being one purely relating to Life-boats. The two volumes, which are adopted by the Victoria...
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Four saved from capsized speedboat Three men and a woman were rescued by the Plymouth Arun class lifeboat City of Plymouth, aided by two MOD police boats, on 1 January when their speedboat capsized in Bovisand Bay after being struck by a...
Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 8.15 on the morning of the 16th of December, 1960, the honorary secretary was informed by Valentia radio station that the trawler Ros Airgead was drifting five miles west of Bray Head with a defective fuel pipe, and...
Valentia, Co. Kerry - At 9.55 p.m. on 23rd October, 1969, Valentia radio station informed the honorary secretary that the trawler Ard Finbar had reported seeing red flares about twomiles north west of Bray head. The life-boat Rowland Watts...
It would have been easy to prolong our stay at St Donat's Castle and learn more of the work of the world famous United World College of the Atlantic and its multinational student population, but time and the seasons are moving on and, if...
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15th August. A report that a motor boat had disappeared was followed by a search, but nothing was found, or reported missing.—Rewards, £3 18s..
.—23rd August.
A fishing boat was being blown out to sea, but was picked up by another fishing boat.—Rewards, £4 5s..