FEBRUARY 11TH. - LYTHAM-ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. About mid-day the police reported that a drifting mine had grounded on the south side of the Ribble estuary by the six-and-a-half-mile light. If the mine were not secured the port would have to...
The Institution has awarded its silver medal to Coxswain Leonard Peddlesden, of Newhaven, Sussex, and its bronze medal to each of the seven members of his crew, for standing by one of H.M trawlers in a rough sea, and seeing her to a safe...
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Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire. At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 14th of Feb- ruary, 1961, the motor mechanic in- formed the honorary secretary that the yacht Clwyd had run aground on the north side of the Ribble estuary. The...
YOUR CHILDREN PROBABLY WON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT THIS, HAVE YOU EVER tried to speak to your Once you've paid for your plan, by single payment or family about when you 're gone? If they don't want to listen, flexible...
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FROM EAST GERMANY Runswick, Yorkshire. At 7.48 a.m.
on 4th September, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a ship was aground about two miles northwest of Staithes. There was a calm sea with light airs...
From photograph oy Captain E. W. Swan, C.B.E., V.D., D.L, R.N.y.R., a member of the Committee of Management and Chairman gj the Tynemouth Branch.. - View image in PDF
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ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.—On the 20th November, whilst one of the most violent storms that has visited this coast for many years past was raging, the hull of a vessel was seen off Aldeburgh at about 6.30 A.M.
she appeared to be...
RESCUED BY HELICOPTER At 7.4 pon. on I2th July, 1964, a local pleasure boat proprietor told the honorary secretary that a hirer of one of his boats was missing and that the help of the lifeboat was needed to find him. The tide had been...
LOBSTER FISHERS ADRIFT ALL NIGHT St. David's, Pembrokeshire.—At 6.40 on the morning .of the 14th of August, 1947, information was received that two men, who had left Solva in their motor fishing boat Don to attend to their lobster pots,...
A fortnight's celebrations of the centenary of Herne Bay last August concluded with life-boat day. Father Neptune, impersonated by Captain J. Irvine H. Friend, M.C., J.P., the chairman of the Margate branch, arriving in the Margate motor... - View image in PDF
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