Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—A message was received from the coastguard at 8 A.M. on the 24th September, 1939, that a steamer was sinking through enemy action, three or four miles E. by N. from the look-out. A N.W.
breeze was...
ABANDONED ON SCROBY SANDS Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 6.27 in the morning of the 29th of July, 1947, the Great Yarmouth coast- guard reported that a sailing yacht appeared to be aground on the Scroby Sands...
St. Helier, Jersey.—At 5.20 ill the morning of the 7th of February, 1950, the Harbour Office telephoned to say the St. Helier pilot boat had wirelessed that the motor vessel Killurin, of London, had run on the rocks, later identified as Les...
A SERVICE AND A FALSE ALARM Selsey, Sussex. At 6.4 p.m. on Thursday the 29th August, 1963, the coastguard reported to the assistant honorary secretary that a merchant ship had taken the yacht Crackerjack, of Southampton, with a crew of two,...
From surfers to fishermen to lifeboat coxswains, people who rely on the sea need to be expert at understanding what it’s doing. But how well do you know your tides, waves and currents?
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SHORELINE IS GOING THROUGH One Of the most exciting periods of its life. At the end of August the new Shoreline 37ft 6in Rother lifeboat will be setting out on her delivery trip to Blyth and I am hoping to join her at Spurn Point for the...
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THE Institution now has two ghost cabinets, to show the changes in the equipment of the Life-boat Service.
They are on the principle of the old "Peppers Ghost," and are worked by a penny in the slot. In each...
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Boulmer, Northumberland.—1st June.
The motor vessel Westlaan, of Groningen, had made signals, but it was a pilot she wanted.—-Rewards, £12 12s..