Holy Island, Northumberland.—On the 21st January the North Sunderland honorary secretary asked, through the coastguard, for the motor life-boat Milburn to go to the help of twelve North Sunderland motor fishing cobles which had been caught...
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—On the 6th February, at about 9 P.M., while a whole gale was blowing from S.E. with a blinding snowstorm, a trawler entered the harbour and reported that she had passed a sunken schooner, the water being several feet...
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger sizes, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for...
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The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger sizes, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for...
Category: Articles
Coxswain Albert Bird (r.), Aberdeen, entertains Skipper John Thomas, former assistant mechanic at Dungeness and the man who saved his life when Dungeness lifeboat rescued six men from Teeswood in the great Channel gale of 1956; a service for... - View image in PDF
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Anglers landed THE FISHING VESSEL Duke Senior appeared to be in difficulties near the entrance to Whitstable harbour just after midday on Sunday January 19, 1986. There were a number of people on board, thought to be anglers, and the boat...
17' 6" model of a Watson lifeboat, built from all kinds of scrap material by boys ami girls of Romford and Dagenliam Model Boat Club. The club, affiliated to the Dagcnliain branch of the RNLI, has so far raised £850 with this... - View image in PDF
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The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger sizes, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for...
Category: Articles
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger sizes, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for...
Category: Articles
In the course of 24 hours on 28th-29th October, 1880, the Scarborough life-boat was launched five times and rescued every life in danger—28 in all. The detail is part of a painting of the scene presented to Scarborough Corporation in 1897 by...
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