During a water safety demonstration at Port Isaac, Cornwall, the local IRB and the Padstow life-boat, with other organisations, combined to show what happens when, for example, a sailing dinghy is upset. Here the Port Isaac IRB is making for... - View image in PDF
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G o v e r n o r s • S h o r e l i n e • S t o r m F o r c e Positive Reactions There's an old saying: 'It only takes one spark to start a fire.' Well, the spark in this case was the Spring issue'spiece 'Moving with the...
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Redcar, and Tees mouth, Yorkshire.— At 6.32 P.M. on the 25th October, 1939, a message was received from the Salt- burn coastguard, that a resident at Skinningrove had seen three red flares showing well out to sea. A strong, W.N.W. wind...
Redcar, and Tees mouth, Yorkshire.— At 6.32 P.M. on the 25th October, 1939, a message was received from the Salt- burn coastguard, that a resident at Skinningrove had seen three red flares showing well out to sea. A strong, W.N.W. wind...
Dfracombe, Devon.—-At 4 o'clock in the morning of the 26th of June, 1948, the coastguard telephoned a report from the Bull Point Lighthouse that a vessel appeared to be ashore at Morte Point but that she had made no distress signals. At...
WE regret to report two serious losses which the Committee of Management have suffered by the death, on the llth September, of Admiral of the Fleet the MARQUESS or MILFORD HAVEN, and, on the 14th August, of Sir EDWARD FEETHAM COAXES, BT.<...
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Torbay, Devon. At 12.45 on the afternoon of the 4th of August, 1958, the coastguard passed on to the hon- orary secretary a report that a small sailing dinghy had capsized in Mansands Bay and that her crew of two were in the water. At 12.55...
HELICOPTER TOO Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 12.1 a.m.
on 15th September, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a police report had been received stating two flares had been seen on the seaward side of...
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At eleven o'clock on the night of the 12th of June» 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary of a report that the cabin cruiser Dolphin of Southend, on passage to Wallasea Bay was...
Eastney, Hampshire. At 4.15 p.m.
on 6th November, 1965, a fisherman told the honorary secretary that a wildfowler was waving for assistance on South Binness Island. After receiving confirmation of the report from the...