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Against the flow – the first woman to sail solo the ‘wrong way’ around the world
Against the flow – the first woman to sail solo the ‘wrong way’ around the world
by Dee Caffari
Review by Tim Robertson
The comparisons are inevitable I suppose – two women competing solo in a...
Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats During the Storms of November and December, 1867
The following is a list of the services of the boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION during the recent heavy gales:— - ' NO. of Lives saved.
Nov. 16-17,1867.—The Manky Wood life-boat at Poole rescued the crew of...
Category: Services
Bostonian VII
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 9.20 on the night of the 12th of August, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that a red flare had been seen four and a half miles south-east-by-east of Shoreham Harbour. At 9.30 the life-boat Rosa Woodd and-Phyllis...
Index to the Gift Life- Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
{The figures refer to the numbers of the Life-hoats detailed on the ten preceding Pages.) A. B. S., 126. Draper, Daniel J., Life-boat Hounsfield, Mrs., 78. Peach, Misses Frances and A. F. H.. 133. Fund, 136. [late, 141. Howard...
Category: Donations
The S.S. Amcott
. — Early on the morning of the 2nd January, during a strong W.S.W.
breeze and heavy sea, large flare lights were seen in the direction of the Cross Sand, and the Lightships fired guns and rockets. The No. 1 Life-boat...
Tailte
On the afternoon of the 17th June a motorist reported that a small yacht with several persons on board was aground on the rocks south of Wicklow Head. A moderate S.S.W.
breeze was blowing, and the sea was smooth. The motor...
Barrus
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Barrus
MARINE DIVISION Suppliers of OUTBOARD ENGINES D MI I INSHORE AIII LI LIFEBOATS for over 25 years to the . . . . , _ . . _ . . _ . o . . . .
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Celia's supporting role
A stellar acting career and a passion for the sea unite in Celia Imrie’s latest role – and thoughts of lifeboats are never far away
As someone who regularly takes the ferry journey from...
Category: Articles
Augia and Lily
CAISTER.—On the 9th. November, at about 9.45 A.M., the barque Augia, of Guernsey, with her main top-gallant yard hoisted and her starboard bow stove in, was seen in the Cockle Gat, she having been in collision with a sloop off Orfordness.<...