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Able Seaman Kevin Rafferty Was Able to Present Andrew Young
Able Seaman Kevin Rafferty was able to present Andrew Young, regional organiser for the south west, with a cheque for £1,195 on his return from six months in the Atlantic with the ocean survey ship HMS Herald. Kevin was sponsored not to... - View image in PDF
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Great Yarmouth and Gorleston: Ilb Crew Member H E "Dilly" Appleton With the Youngest of 121 People Taken Off the Pleasure Cruiser Queen of the Broads Which Ra
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston: ILB Crew Member H. E. "Dilly" Appleton with the youngest of 121 people taken off the pleasure cruiser Queen of the Broads which ran aground on Breydon Water in thick fog on Tuesday June 19. After being... - View image in PDF
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Britains Pride, of Falmouth
About midnight, on the 24th of January, 1868, the life-boat and steam-tug Vulcan proceeded to sea in answer to signal-guns from the Gull Light Ship. They cruised along the edge of the sand during a heavy gale, with snow, sleet, and rain,...
Otto, of Moss
On the 26th Jan., when the Norwegian brig Otto, of Moss, was driven ashore at Eastern Green, in. Pen- zance Bay, the Life-boat launched out during a heavy southerly gale oLwind and in a high sea, and succeeded in saving from destruction the...
Thoughtful, of Sunderland
On the 11th January, the brig Thoughtful, of Sun- derland, bound from that port to London with coals, dragged her anchors, and came on shore during a gale of wind from the E.N.E. and heavy sea. The Yarmouth surf life-boat was quickly...
R. B., of Bayonne
The schooner -B. B., of Bayonne, had anchored in Clo- velly Eoads on the 19th December, and it was ascertained that she was partially dis- abled from loss of sails, spars, and both boats. On the following morning, in a very severe gale from...
Richard, of Goole
On the 8th April, the sloop Richard, of Goole, was stranded, during a strong N.E. gale, on the Nest Sands, about half a mile from Blakeney Harbour. She at once showed signals of distress, which were promptly replied to by the Brightwell life...
Agenaria, of Bideford
On the 30th of December last, at 3-30 p.m., the schooner Agenaria, of Bideford, when running in a crippled state for the harbour of Tenby, during a strong S.E. gale, broached-to, and was driven on shore on the south side of the port. The...
Task of the Vikings
W ith one of the world's loveliest, albeit most rugged, coastlines - some 2,650km in length and encompassing waters ranging in potential dan yr from the relatively benign Skagerrak. via the remoteness of the cod banks off the Lofotens....
Category: Articles
Islay: (Above) the 50Ft Thames Class Lifeboat Helmut Schroder of Dunlossit Arriving on Station (Left) More Than 200 Guests Flanked the Dais to Which the Islay Pipers Ha
Islay: (above) The 50ft Thames class lifeboat Helmut Schroder of Dunlossit arriving on station, (left) More than 200 guests flanked the dais to which the Islay Pipers had led the branch chairman, Alistair Macrae, and his... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs