At 2.30 P.M. on the 15th May the coastguard received a telephone message from Gravir post office that at 7 A.M. three men had put off from Lemreway in an open boat to fish, and had not been seen or heard of since. A strong N.N.E. gale was...
On the afternoon of the 14th September the s.s. Ardgantock, of Greenock, bound from Ghent to Llan- elly with scrap-iron, ran into heavy seas going down-channel. Her cargo shifted and gave her a dangerous list to starboard. She put about and...
LONDON SHIP IN DISTRESS OFF NORFOLK Wells, Norfolk.—At 7.45 in the even- ing of February 8th, 1947, the coast- guard reported that a ship had been seen, anchored, about two and a half miles north-east of the harbour, and might need the...
Aberdeen.—At 11.19 on the morning of the 29th of January, 1956, the coast- guard rang up to say that a message had been received from the Stone- haven radio station that the trawlers York City, of Grimsby, and Junella, of Hull, had picked up...
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...
Padstow, and St. Ires, Cornwall.—At 7.45 in the evening of the 25th of Sept- ember, 1949, the Trevose Head coast- guard telephoned the Padstow life-boat authorities that a rowing boat with a crew of four was trying to get ashore in...
Cromarty.—At 10.0 on the morning of the 12th of February, 1951, the coast- guard telephoned that a fishing boat was aground on the West Riff Sand- bank near Rosemarkie. At 10.17 the life-boat John Russell, on temporary duty at the station,...
Notes of the Quarter, by Patrick Howarth 219 Here and There 220 Lifeboat Services 221 VOlUme y .JL l V John Chapman: Honorary Secretary of the Civil Service and Post Office -v T i 0 Lifeboat Fund .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 227 Number 458 The...
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been developed jointly by Mike Bigland (Preparations) Ltd., an engineering firm in Knighton Powys, Wales, and the RNLI. It is encased in a watertight, custom built steel and armour plated glass hull—reminiscent of a huge goldfish tank. This...
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In the December 1965 issue an obituary notice appeared of the late Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry F. Oliver, G.C.B., K.C.M.G., M.V.O., which was necessarily brief because of pressure on space. It would, indeed, be difficult to do justice to...
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