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Jan.3.—Three men of Budleigh Salterton,Devon- shire, saved 2 Coastguardmen, whose boat, while they were crossing the river Otter on duty, had been carried down the river by the current and wrecked against the rocks at Otter Point, during a...
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oar'd the rolling billows, Surging waves rose high o'erhead ; Helpless in that hour of danger, On the gallant vessel sped.
Sails were riven,—masts were broken By the tempest's fearful power; Fruitless seemed...
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Jilly Cooper met Hastings own lifeboat, Fairlight, and some of her people: (I. to r.) Christine Martin, Peter Thorpe, Mary Shoesmith, Bob Shoesmith, Colin Green, Joe Martin (coxswain), Doug White (second coxswain), H. 'Sassy' Benton,... - View image in PDF
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Dec. 18.—The schooner Ayenoria, of Bideford, and the schooner Alexandre, of Havre* were wrecked during a gale of wind near Tenby. Lieut. JESSE, R.N., chief officer of the Coastguard Station, and a crew of 11 men, put off in the Tenby...
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Mersey class lifeboat Margaret Jean enters the water for the first time after her official naming ceremony. - View image in PDF
Photo Gilbert Hampton Photography. - View image in PDF
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THR Second Coxswain, who is also a harbour pilot, was put aboard with three men, and they tried to get the vessel* to the harbour, but the tide and wind set her into Dunwich Bight close to the shore ; at one time it looked like the barge...
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The paragraph headed 'Life-boat Up Thames' on page 149 of the July Journal referred, of course, to Kingston and Surbiton. It had been planned that those mentioned should be there, but in fact they were not, and the 'mystery...
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NOVEMBER 1 0TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. At 3.28P.M. the Kinnaird Head coastguard reported that a small motor boat had broken down off the Beacon, and the motor life-boat John and Charles Kennedy was launched at 4.12 P.M., A fresh N.W....
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