RAMSGATE, KENT.—During a very strong S.S.W. gale and a very heavy sea, on the 24th February, the ketch Capella, of Libau, tried to make Ramsgate Harbour, but when still about halfa- mile away her gear carried away and she became unmanageable...
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IT will be remembered that at a special meeting of Grand Lodge, held more than a year ago, it was decided that the sum of 4,000?. should be voted to the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE BOAT INSTITUTION, for the purpose of founding two Life-boat Stations...
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Four Winds, Wade Lane, Wade Court Road, Havant, Hampshire.
16th September, 1956.
DEAR SIR, I am writing to express my extreme gratitude to the coxswain and crew of the Selsey life-boat for their rescue of...
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ON 17th December, 1938, a S.E. by E. gale was blowing at Gourdon, Kincardineshire, with, flurries of sleet.
An extremely heavy sea was running, and was breaking heavily far outside the harbour. Half an hour after midday a...
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Walmer, and Ramsgate, Kent.—At * 8.7 P.M. on the 4th November, 1939, a message was received at Walmer from the Deal coastguard that distress signals had been seen about two miles east of their station. A S.W. wind was blowing, with...
INJURED BOY RESCUED AFTER FALL FROM CLIFF Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire. At 7.25 on the evening of the llth March, 1962, the coxswain received a message from the Abersoch fire brigade that a boy had fallen over the cliff at Cilan Head, and that...
Four more lifeboats for the RNLis miniature collection were presented to Ravmond Baxter bv Brian Williams fr) at Earls Court. Made bv Mr Williams, thev are the gift of Mr and Mrs R. Phillips of Salcombe.. - View image in PDF
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Ramsgate, Kent. At 1.38 p.m. on 2nd May, 1965, the east pier watchman saw a small boat in difficulties east of Ramsgate harbour. The life-boat Elizabeth Elson, on temporary duty at the station, went out at 1.45 in a light southsouth-...
Howth, Co. Dublin. At 6.45 on the evening of the 17th of May, 1958, the harbour master passed on to the honorary secretary a message that a boy had fallen over the cliffs half a mile north-east of the Bailey lighthouse. At 7.5 the life-boat...