St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—27th September, 1938. Very lights had been reported near the Hanois Lighthouse, but nothing could be found.—Rewards, £9 Is..
JULY 21ST. - THURSO, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
Distress signals had been reported between Stroma and Pentland Skerries, but the life-boat could find nothing.-Rewards, £9 11s..
JANUARY 28TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
A heavy explosion had been heard to the north of the Life-boat Station, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £32 19s..
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At about 2 P.M.
on the 23rd January, 1939, a gale was blowing from the N.N.W. with a heavy sea. The motor fishing boat Pilot Me was at sea and as she did not return the No. 1 motor life-boat Mary Ann...
PORTHDINLLAEN, NORTH WALES.—At about 9.30 A.M. on the 6th November, signals of distress were shown by the screw flat Llysfaen, of Liverpool, during a N. gale and a heavy sea. The George Moore Life-boat put off to her assistance, and was...
JANUARY MEETING SOUTHAMPTON WATER, HAMPSHIRE. At 6.30 in the evening of the 11th of October, 1944, six cadets set off from Millbrook Pier in a dinghy for the training-ship Moyana, 200 yards away. A strong south-west wind was blowing. The sea...
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Books by Vice-Admiral Gordon Campbell and Commander H. B. Baothby.
Brave Men All. By Vice-Admiral Gordon Campbell, V.C., D.S.O. (Hodder & Stoughton, 7s. 6d. net).
Spunyarn. By Commander H....
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At 9.35 A.M. on the 25th March the coastguard telephoned that a steamer was ashore on the Good- wins, two miles W.S.W. of East Goodwin light-vessel. The motor life- boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 2) was launched at 9.50 A.M. and...
The Prototype Tamar Under Test. - View image in PDF
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SINCE the end of the war in 1945 the number of calls for life-boat assistance emanating from yachtsmen—a term used as conveniently indicating people who go to sea for pleasure rather than profit—has steadily increased. Life-boat calls to...
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