COBLE ESCORTED IN ROUGH SEA Runswick, Yorkshire. At 11.54 on the morning of the 26th June, 1962, the coxswain learnt that the fishing coble Golden Crown was long overdue. There was a strong northerly wind and a rough sea, and it was high...
FIREMEN ON BOARD North Sunderland, Northumberland.
On the evening of i6th October, 1963, the motor mechanic told the honorary secretary that he had been told that two vessels had been in collision in Newton Bay and that one...
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Completed picture: the final jigsaw piece was fitted to the Edinburgh lifeboat appeal on Wednesday August 14, 1985, when Tennent Caledonian Breweries handed over a cheque for £5,000, the final amount needed to achieve the appeal's... - View image in PDF
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Shoreham Harbour, Sussex - At 10 a.m. on gth August, 1966, a white cabin cruiser appeared to be in distress aboutfour miles south west of the station.
There was a moderate south westerly breeze with a slight sea. It was low...
(Above) The old boathouse on Lindisfarne, and (right) one of the two plaques on either side of the main door. - View image in PDF
See David Herriott's letter 'Island Find', above.. - View image in PDF
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THOSE who are old enough to remember the repeal of the navigation laws describe the state of feeling that prevailed among the shipowning class when the measure was carried safely through Parliament as one of absolute panic. Nothing but the...
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FEBRUARY 6TH. - AITH, SHETLANDS. At 8 A.M. the coastguard reported that a vessel was ashore on Forewick Holm, Papa Stour.
A moderate southerly gale was blowing, with a rough and increasing sea, and it was snowing. The motor...
CARDIGAN.—While a strong N.W.
gale was blowing with heavy seas on the evening of the 24th March, the signalman fired the alarm signal indicating a vessel in distress in Cardigan Bay. The Lifeboat Lizzie and Charles Leigh...