ON 20th December, 1925, a blizzard was blowing on the north-east coast, one of the severest for many years. The s.s.
Amble, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, a collierwhich loads at Amble, was riding at anchor in Alnmouth Bay, but...
ON 20th December, 1925, a blizzard was blowing on the north-east coast, one of the severest for many years. The s.s.
Amble, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, a collierwhich loads at Amble, was riding at anchor in Alnmouth Bay, but...
Lifeboat station histories The Story of the Dover Lifeboats The Story of the Swanage Lifeboats The Story of the Scarborough Lifeboats by Jeff Morris published by the author Jeff Morris, the Honorary Archivist of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts...
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Witham and District branch, Essex, held its 1982 house to house collection in July. When the box of one of its supporters, Mr B. Tebbutt of Coggershall, was opened it was found to contain £75.30; that amount was made up on one £10...
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DECEMBER 13TH. - FLAMBOROUGH, AND FILEY, YORKSHIRE. During a northwesterly gale, with a very rough sea, the S.S.
Empire Tigaven and the S.S. Cormoat came into collision about four miles off Flamborough.
A...
HUNSTANTON.—Early on the 14th April the schooner Alabama, of Goole, while on a voyage from Cliff Creek to Hull was wrecked on the Woolpack Sands, during a gale at E.N.E., accompanied by a heavy fall of snow. The Life-boat Licensed Victualler...
At 6.5 P.M. on the 17th January signals of distress were observed from a vessel on the Barber- Sands during a strong S.W.
breeze and heavy sea. The crew of the No, 1 Life-boat Govent Garden were assembled and the boat...
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Torbay, Devon - At 10.28 a.m on 9th April, 1967, it was reported that four youths were rowing from Teignmouth to Dartmouth in a 16-foot racing skiff. Their escort boat had gone aground and the youths had continued without it. As the sea was...