THE Institution's decision to acquire a 44-foot life-boat of the kind now operated by the United States Coast Guard was a direct consequence of the international life-boat conference held in Edinburgh in June, 1963. At the conference the...
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BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT.—A vessel having been observed stranded on Bernbridge Ledge, the Life-boat Queen Victoria was launched at 8.50 P.M. on the 2nd January and proceeded through a rough sea, the wind blowing a strong gale from W.N.W., to...
Falmouth, Cornwall.—During the afternoon of the 15th October, 1938, the St.
Anthony coastguard reported a motor yacht on fire about two miles south of Portscatho. The wind was light and the sea smooth. The motor life-boat B...
The James and Catherine MacFarlane, a 36-foot Oakley reserve life-boat, was on display at Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, in July, 1966, while on its way to the Royal Show.. - View image in PDF
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NEW ROMNEY, KENT.- -A telephone message was received from the coastguard about midnight on the 23rd- 24th March stating that a vessel was making signals of distress off' Littlestone Point. The night was cold and wet, accompanied by a...
JUNE 20TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 2 in the morning information came from the senior naval officer that H.M.T. Resmilo had been bombed in Peterhead Bay, and with a doctor and the senior naval officer on board the...
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT EASTBOURNE MARCH 20TH. - EASTBOURNE, HASTINGS, AND NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX. During the night the London steamer Barnhill, of 5,430 tons, was in the English Channel on her way from Nova Scotia to London.Two of the...
Six taken off ON A NIGHT of worsening weather, Clyde Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of Islay lifeboat station at 2213 on Sunday September 4, 1983, that the 34ft yacht Hydrovane, on charter, was in trouble in the Sound of Jura.<...
To WILLIAM JOHNSTON, on his retirement, after serving 15f years as Coxswain of the Stronmess Life-boat, a Coxswain's Certifi- cate of Service, and a Pension ; also a special gratuity of £20 on account of ill- health, his illness...
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Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—On the 10th August the paddle steamer Clacton Queen, of Rochester, left Clacton to visit Chatham, where Navy Week was being held. She carried a company of several hundred people. She did not return as expected, and...