Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. At 11.15 on the night of the 22nd of May, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor boat Girl Pat was overdue on passage from Newport, Pembrokeshire, to Tresaeth near Aber- porth. The...
At 6.30 P.M. on the 13th March during a S.W. gale, information was received that a barge— the Jachin, of Maldon — bound from London to Newport, Isle of Wight, with a cargo of wheat, had struck the bar and was driving into the Bay. The Motor...
a rather nice marina The Chichester Yacht Basin is currently undergoing an extensive refurbishment programme, which means by April 1989, well have created an additional 120 berths.
So if you're quick to apply, you could...
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Jan. 8.—Voted the thanks of the Insti- tution, inscribed on vellum and framed, together with the sum of 21. each, to JAMES HEARNE and three other boatmen for gallantly putting off in a boat and rescuing the crew of four persons from the...
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• E. C. B. Lee, O.B.E., c.Eng., F.R.I.N.A., and Kenneth Lee, M.B.B.S., L.R.C.P., M.R.G.S., D.I.H., are to be congratulated on their book Safety and Survival at Sea, (Cassell & Co., price £2.50). A vast amount of time has been taken...
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25th September.
It had been reported that a small boat was drifting out of control, but the re- port proved to be unfounded.—Re- wards, £14 13s..
Port Askaig, Argyllshire.—17th August, 1938. Rockets had been reported to the northward of Islay Sound, but nothing could be found.—Rewards, £11 6s..
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—27th September, 1938. Very lights had been reported near the Hanois Lighthouse, but nothing could be found.—Rewards, £9 Is..
THE first three months of 1958 have offered striking evidence of the help given by life-boats to a great variety of vessels serving the commerce of the country in different ways and, in particular, to fishing boats. Of the 106 launches by...
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BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT BEMBRIDGE JANUARY 29TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT During the afternoon an easterly blizzard was raging at Bembridge in the Isle of Wight.
The wind had been blowing hard for several days and a very...