Shortly before 10 A.M. on the 5th February in- formation reached Grimsby that a fish- ing boat was off the Bull Lighthouse in an unmanageable condition, and was drifting out to sea. A whole N.N.W.
gale was blowing, and the...
.— At 10.40 A.M. on the 4th April it was reported that a boat was being blown out to sea with one man in her. It appeared that he had put off from Amlwch, and when about a mile out his mast was carried away, and having only one oar he was...
The Life- boat James Stevens No. 14 left her moorings at 6.45 P.M. on the 27th April to go to the assistance of the barge Dorothea of Harwich, which was in difficulties about 1| mile from the Naze. Her sails had all been blown to pieces, her...
The Coastguard telephoned at about 7 A.M. on 28th March that a yacht was ashore on the Hook Sands. The Poole and Bourne- mouth Life-boat Harmar was promptly launched and found the yacht Capri ashore, with a party of six on...
Backbone of the FishingTrade.
This was one that didn't get away. One of a thousand million.
A thousand million of the reasons why every day and night men put out to sea in all weathers to earn their...
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Backbone of the FishingTrade.
This was one that didn't get away. One of a thousand million.
A thousand million of the reasons why every day and night men put out to sea in all weathers to earn their...
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St Mary's Scilly Isles Some idea of the conditions during the Bronze Medal service by the Arun class Robert Edgarto the yacht Sacaro/ecan be gauged from these photographs. The pictures show the moment the 25ft Folkboat was overwhelmed...
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Lifeboat weddings: when David and Anne Richards were married in September an archway of oars was held aloft for them.
David is a crew member of Exmouth's D class inflatable lifeboat and his RNLI colleagues were there to... - View image in PDF
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KYLE OF LOCHALSH | 15 NOVEMBER
When a dive boat with three divers ran aground, the Kyle of Lochalsh crew rushed to the rescue. Finding the divers safe on the rocks, the crew decided to wait for the tide to flood before towing the...
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RHYL.—On the evening of the 2nd August a rowing-boat named the Oregon, of Rhyl, was seen to capsize near the end of the pier. The wind was blowing from the W.N.W. and the weather was fine, but there was a choppy sea. Fearing that the...