* Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary." IN the issue of The Lifeboat for last November, under " Special Gifts," appeared the following paragraph : " We give the following letter in full: " ' Mummy gave me a stamp to put...
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TWO BOATS AT SEA FOR A TOTAL OF 13 HOURS Escort for listing cargo boat in 70 knot winds Sennen Cove and Clovelly - South West Division Sennen Cove's relief Rother The Davys Family was launched in winds gusting up to 71 knots on 25 March...
RNLI lifeguards spent a week on the Isles of Scilly in September, training a group of locals in surf lifesaving.
The group of 12 can now provide safety cover at the sea-based events that are at the heart of Scillonian life...
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BROUGHTY FERRY.—At one o'clock on the morning of the 18th November, the pilot-cutter No. 2 of Dundee, dragged its anchor and stranded on Abertay Sands.
Heeling over until it lay broadside to the gale, the vessel...
TWO LIFE-BOATS OUT TO DUTCH VESSEL ON FIRE Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, and Caister, Norfolk. At 4.36 on the morning of the 17th January, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary at Great Yarmouth and Gorleston that a ship was...
Falmouth, Coverack, Fowey, Cornwall and Salcombe Devon - At 5.37 a.m. on ist August, 1966, the Coastguard requested the Falmouth coxswain to launch the life-boat to search for the motor cruiser Darlwin which had been reported overdue. The...
JULY 18TH. - FENIT,. CO. KERRY. On the 13th of July the sailing yacht Penta, of Glasgow, had anchored about 500 yards eastsouth- east of the pier at Fenit. She had on board her owner, his wife and their maid.
On the 18th a...
ACCOMMODATION THE OLD HALL HOTEL, RUSWARP, WHITBY. Delightful Jacobean Hall bordering the glorious North Yorkshire Moors and beaches. Ideal for fishing, boating, walking or relaxing. Residential proprietors ensure warm hospitality and good...
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NOVEMBER 23RD. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL, AND CLOVELLY, DEVON.
At 2.30 in the morning the Padstow coastguard telephoned that news had been received from the naval authorities at Falmouth that a ship was ashore at Knap Head, near...
MARINE AUXILIARIES for LIFE-BOAT STATIONS the Royal National Life-boat I n s t i t u t i o n for hauling in the life-boat at Walmer Life-boat Station.
Similar capstans have been installed at Hastings, Clovelly and...
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