On the 10th February, two boys in a small boat persisted in going out of the harbour, in spite of warnings which they received from men on the pier, and drifted helplessly towards the Scroby sands on which a rough sea was breaking. Five men...
SEPTEMBER 11TH. - ARRANMORE, CO.
DONEGAL. At five in the afternoon three men left Burtonport in a small boat for Arranmore, but they had not arrived by nine o’clock. A strong south-west wind was blowing, with a rough sea....
This remarkable picture by Peter Foskett aboard the Lowestoft lifeboat gives some idea of the atrocious conditions during the service.
Red House Lugger can seen in the lee of the ferry Norkin while Aldeburgh's Mersey... - View image in PDF
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Flooding tide A PARTY of four wildfowlers, caravanning at Burnfoot on the Nith Estuary, on the north side of the Solway Firth, set off shooting at about 0730 on Monday January 19. It was about two hours after low water. Two of the party set...
NOVEMBER 22ND. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX. At 7.5 in the evening the naval authorities asked for the services of the lifeboat for a patrol boat which was in difficulties near the mouth of the harbour and the motor life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott...
Bitter sweet home-coming In September of last year my boyfriend and I were returning home after cruising abroad for almost two years. Unfortunately we were in collision with another vessel (I need not go into the details of the incident...
Category: Correspondence
LIFE-BOAT TRANSPORTING-CARRIAGE AS ADOPTED BY THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.
THE carriage consists of a fore and main body. The latter is formed of a keelway A, A, and of side or bilgeways B, B, in rear of the...
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LIFE-BOAT TRANSPORTING-CARRIAGE AS ADOPTED BY THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.
THE carriage consists of a fore and main body. The latter is formed of a keelway and of side or bilgeways attached to the keelway, and...
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ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE BOAT INSTITUTION, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
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Many of London’s City workers unwind after a hard day with a trip to the gym or a drink in a bar. But sometimes when he leaves his office in Fenchurch Street David Taylor walks to a floating pier on the River Thames, pulls on a drysuit, and...
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