LIFE-BOAT RETURNS WITH YACHT IN TOW Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 3.45 on the afternoon of the 8th August, 1962, the Needles coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Matoya If had broken down west of the Needles. Ten minutes...
LAUNCH IN WORST BLIZZARD IN LIVING MEMORY Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. On the 5th February, 1963, the worst blizzard in living memory occurred and all road and air transport came to a halt. By the 8th there was an acute shortage of food, and...
CABIN CRUISER AGROUND Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 6.40 p.m. on 8th September, 1965, a cabin cruiser was seen by the coastguard to be in difficulties off Warden Point. There was a full gale from the south-west with a rough sea. The life-boat...
At 4.30 p.m. on 13th February, 1966, the Medical Officer of Health informed the honorary secretary that he had been called to Inishmaan island to attend to a zo-yearold girl with an injured arm who needed medical attention. He had, however,...
ENGINE FAILURE Selsey, Sussex. At 1.15 p.m. on nth January, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the German motor vessel Atlantis then two miles south-west of Littlehampton had broken down with engine trouble and...
MARCH 30TH. - CLOVELLY, DEVON. At 8.55 P.M. the naval authorities at Appledore asked the life-boat to go to a vessel flying signals of distress two miles east of Clovelly.
A moderate W.N.W. gale was blowing, with a rough...
BARMOUTH'S NEW 37ft 6in Rother lifeboat was named Princess of Wales by the Princess on November 25 in her first engagement for the RNLI. The Princess, accompanied by Prince Charles, was given an enthusiastic welcome by the large crowds...
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Stirling Whorlow QBE Stirling Whorlow QBE, the secretary of the Institution for eight years from 1961 to 1969 died at his home in Spain on 2 October 1988.
One of his colleagues from the RNLI at the time writes: 'It is...
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Lifeboat station histories The Story of the Littlehampton lifeboats.
(updated 2nd edition) by Jeff Morris published by the author This volume is an updated second edition of one of a popular series of booklets produced by...
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