A book entitled " Ships of the British Merchant Navy " has been written by Paymaster-Lieutenant E. C. Talbot- Booth, R.N.R., and will be published shortly by Messrs. Andrew Melrose Ltd.
It is a record of the ships...
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Award* to Honorary Workers.
SINCE the last number of The Life-Boat was published, the following presenta- tions/have been made to Honorary, Secretaries of Branches and to other honorary workers in recognition of their*...
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SKEGNESS.—On the 14th April, at 8.30 A.M., the ketch Elizabeth, of Goole, while on a voyage from London to Gainsbro', was observed off this station in a disabled state, with signal of distress flying, and the crew in the rigging. A gale,...
.... received by way of exchange, a box of chocolates. Alison, whose obvious surprise and delight caught the photographer's attention, is the daughter of a member of the Civil Service Life-boat Fund's executive committee.. - View image in PDF
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HAYLE, CORNWALL.—While the threemasted schooner Miss Beck, of and from Carnarvon for London with slate, was taking the bar on the 5th February in tow of a steam-tug, the tow-rope parted and the vessel was driven ashore on the beach at the...
HOLYHEAD.—At G.30 A.M., on the 24th January, the Thomas Fielden Life-boat proceeded in tow of the steam-tug Royal Saxon to the assistance of the steamer Carleon, of Cardiff, which had dragged her anchor and stranded in Holyhead Bay during a...
Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin - At 8.20 p.m. on 23rd July, 1966, a small yacht appeared to be in difficulties in Dublin bay. There was a fresh westerly breeze with a choppy sea. The life-boat Dunleary II proceeded at 8.35 on an ebbing tide. She...
The 17m fishing vessel Crystal Sea was returning to harbour with a catch at 3am on 22 November when she hit rocks north of Howth Head.
As she sank, her crew of four jumped onto the rocks, where they activated their...
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NEWSPOINT One only has to look at the names of the RNLI's lifeboat's to realise that a large percentage of them, indeed perhaps the majority, have been funded by legacies and bear the name of the donor or a close...
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GORLESTON, SUFFOLK.—The brig European, of and from Sunderland for Corsica, with coal, glass, and machinery, was seen to ground on the Middle Cross Sand, during a strong N.N.E. wind, hazy weather, and a strong sea, on the 18th November. The...