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The S.S. Empire Gatehouse, Formerly Jutland
DECEMBER 28TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
At 11.13 in the morning, the coastguard reported that North Foreland Radio had received an SOS call from the S.S.
Empire Gatehouse, formerly the German steamer Jutland....
Cogswell & Harrison Ltd.
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Criticisms of Life-Boat Services
WHEN the character of the services performed by the life-boats, and the dangers and diffi- culties which they have to encounter, are taken into consideration, it is rather matter for astonishment that they do not frequently fail in effecting...
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The Danish Vessel Irene Frijs
Wick, Caithness-shire. At 4.45 a.m.
on 3rd November, 1965, the harbourmaster was informed that the Danish vessel Irene Frijs of Copenhagen was arriving in Wick Bay to land two injured seamen. The vessel unfortunately...
A Raft
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 5.46 on the afternoon of the 28th of July, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that the police had reported two boys adrift on a raft in the River Medway between Isle of Grain and All Hallows. The life-boat Greater...
Three Facts.
The life-boat service has never, in its whole history, had so busy and so dangerous a time as since the outbreak of war.
The life-boat service has never been more generously supported by the people of Great Britain than...
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The Stranding of the Steamships "Mohegan," "Labrador," "Stella" and "Paris."
WITHIN the last twelve months four remarkable cases of the stranding of large steamships have taken place on our shores, each of such vessels carrying a numerous crew besides a considerable number of passengers. Two of these steamers in the...
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Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
(Incorporated by Royal Charter.) FOUNDED in 1824.— SUPPORTED SOLELY BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
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Inshore Rescue Boats
From July to September the new fast inshore rescue boats were launched on service thirty-three times and rescued seven lives. The following is the list of services or attempted services: Date Station 1963 July 10th: Mudeford July...
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