MIDNIGHT SEARCH FOR MISSING ROWING BOATS Weymouth, Dorset. At 10.50 on the night of the 23rd April, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the owner of several rowing boats on the sea front had repotted that two of his...
WE publish the following synopsis of the instructions given to the Royal Commission now inquiring into the condition of the Mercantile Marine of the United Kingdom, the same being given under Her Majesty's sign manual:— VICTORIA E. * * *...
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Two medical calls BELFAST COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Portrush lifeboat station at 1505 on Sunday November 15, 1981, that a seaman was critically ill aboard the fishing trawler Junella, nine miles north east of Portrush; he...
ON the occasion of the late fearful wreck of the steamer Royal Charter, with the loss of no less than 450 of those on board her, there was one person amongst the few survivors of the catastrophe who has been deservedly held up to public...
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Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—During the morning of the 29th of March, 1952, the local motor pleasure vessel South- end Britannia parted her moorings in bad weather and was driven ashore a hundred yards east of the pier. The owner asked for the...
The Queen stepping ashore from The Royal British Leg/on Jubilee at Henley.. - View image in PDF
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(Below) . . . later walked over to the dais to name the new boat Ann Ritchie.. - View image in PDF
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(Inset) The Coastguard's rigid inflatable, washed ashore after capsizing during the search.. - View image in PDF
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The chief helmsman of St Abbs' lifeboat.
Alastair Crowe (left) receives a cheque for £41.385 from Douglas Cameron, broadcaster with LBC Radio, the result of an appeal arranged via LBC and Marinecall to fund new... - View image in PDF
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THE death recently in Belfast of Mr.
Joseph Devlin, the Nationalist Member of Parliament, recalls a notable appeal which he made on one occasion at the annual meeting of the Belfast Branch of the Institution in the Belfast...
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