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Mercantile Credit
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Donaghadee - Ireland Division
(Left) Donaghadee's Arun lies snugly stern-to the South Pier just inside the harbour entrance - which is open to the north east.
The way in which the harbour shoals is very evident, and regular dredging is needed to... - View image in PDF
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Saga
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The S.S. Alaska
Nov. 15TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX, AND B E M B R I D G E , I S L E O F W I G H T . A t 4.9 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that the S.S. Alaska, of Havre, a steamer of 8,000 tons, was in distress fourteen miles S.E. of the Owers...
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An Aeroplane (112)
AUGUST 15TH. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
At 10.35 in the morning a message was received from Hoylake coastguard that a Blenheim bomber was down off Walney Island, and the motor life-boat N.T. was launched immediately. A light...
A Rubber Dinghy from a Whitley Bomber
OCTOBER 11TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
At 9.55 in the morning a message came from the coastguard that a rubber dinghy, with two men on board, was in the sea eleven miles E.S.E. of Skegness. A strong northerly wind was...
An Aeroplane (9)
MARCH 3RD. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND, AND EYEMOUTH, AND ST. ABBS, BERWICKSHIRE. About 3.15 in the afternoon men were seen to bale out from an aeroplane which crashed in the sea some two miles off Burnmouth. A light westerly wind...
Thea, of Groningen (1)
APRIL 2 8TH. - BRIDLINGTON AND FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. On the night of the 27th the Dutch motor vessel Thea, of Groningen, bound with a cargo of china clay from Grangemouth to Antwerp, foundered in Bridlington Bay. She had eight on board....
Diadem, of Southampton
SEPTEMBER 20TH. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. About 5.45 in the afternoon the harbour master reported a yacht burning red flares in Yarmouth Roads. A strong north-westerly gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. The motor life-boat S.G.E. was...