FISHGUABD, SOOTH WALES.—At about 10 o'clock on the morning of the 31st of October, signals of distress were shown by two schooners which, with other ves sels, had taken refuge in the bay on the previous day, being unable to go round St....
On the 23rd February the gale which had been the cause of the wrecks previously noted shifted to the N.E., and increased in fury, setting up a terrible sea in Fishguard Bay. At about an hour after midnight of 22-23rd, signals of distress...
FOR MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED YEARS the Corporation of Trinity House, with its headquarters on Tower Hill, London, has been concerned with the safety of shipping, the progress of navigation and the welfare of seamen. Despite its venerable age,...
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It is with deep regret that we announce the following deaths.
August The Earl of Bradford who had been president of Newport (Shropshire) branch since its formation in 1972.
September Norman Williams,...
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OCT. 14TH. - MARGATE, KENT. -During the morning a sailing barge was seen dragging her anchor off Margate Jetty. A northerly gale was blowing, with a very rough sea, and it was decided to send out the motor life-boatThe Lord Southborough...
THE hurricane-force winds which caused so much damage in the south of England last October resulted in a dozen launches by lifeboats in the area affected by the storm, with three of the services leading to medal awards.
The...
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Crewman steers yacht to place of safetyThere is no such thing as a routine job for lifeboat crews. When the Campbeltown lifeboat was called out on 1 October 2000, it was simply to escort a troubled yacht to the safety of Carnpbeltown Loch....
Waves stop play - and an apt destination Minehead's D class lifeboat carried out a service on 23 July which saved two people and their yacht in difficult condition, but which was somewhat overshadowed in press reports by the interruption...
IN the year 1864, after making exhaustive inquiries extending over some years, the Committee of Management • of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION issued to all its Lifeboat stations the regulations for the restoration of the...
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THE TOWN OF FRASERBURGH stands facing the North Sea and the Moray Firth and the rocky dangerous coast runs away south to Peterhead and Aberdeen and westwards towards Inverness. It is one of the major fishing harbours in the north east of...
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