Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 8th of June, 1958, a man who had been watching a cabin cruiser rolling appar- ently out of control one mile south-west of Birnbeck Island told the police that red...
During a whole westerly gale on Sunday the 22nd February informa- tion was received that a vessel in Wexford Bay was making signals of distress. The crew of the Life-boat were summoned, and the boat was launched as quickly as possible. On...
Steering failure LIVERPOOL COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of New Brighton lifeboat station at 1400 on Sunday August 29, 1982, that the yacht Ocea was acting in an erratic manner and appeared to be in difficulties just north of...
LIFE-BOAT HOUSE at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley was kept open during the Exhibition's second year with the same exhibit of models, gear, pictures and relics as in 1924. A Watson Cabin Motor Life-boat was again the principal...
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At about 4 P.M. on the 29th October, during a gale of wind from the S.S.E., a ketch, riding about one mile north-east of the harbour, was observed flying signals of distress. In response, the crew of the Life-boat Mary Isabella were quickly...
THE important and interesting question as to whether or not our Coast Lights should be exhibited free of charge to the shipping of all .nations has been recently discussed in the House of Commons. It is an important question, seeing that the...
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By Staff-Commander F. J. EVANS, R.N., F.R.S., Superintendent of Compasses to the Admiralty.
[IN the 47th Number of this Journal, when giving a drawing and a short description of the Fluid Compass supplied by this...
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Butaseis Together with countless people throughout Torbay, I was extremely concerned over the presence of the liquid gas tanker Butaseis. I have been advised of the outstanding action taken by the coxswain and crew of the lifeboat in going...
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Walk Around Chanty BY CAPTAIN Q. C. A. CKAUFURD, R.N., Honorary Secretary of the Dungeness Life-boat Station.
" We were much relieved, when dawn broke, to see our boat beating home in the offing. As there had been no...
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An icy plunge When Portsmouth's volunteers heard that a man was trapped in icy waters below a pier, they knew they were in a race against timePolice officers had been called to Portsmouth's South Marine Parade Pier on the evening of...