On the following night the same life-boat again put off, in reply to signals of distress, and succeeded in saving the crew, consisting of 13 men, from the barque Caroline Eliza- beth, of London, which had stranded on the South Steel rocks...
MARCH 5TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM.
Two laden steamers, the Norwegian S.S. Royal and the British S.S. Yewdale, were lying off Hartlepool in a very rough sea, with a strong easterly wind blowing, and heavy snow storms, and the...
From left to right Crispin Williamson, Martin Ebdell, Joseph Purches and Richard Pearce with HRH The Duke of Kent after the presentation of their awards.. - View image in PDF
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Right:The Skegness lifeboat in an ice field in the North Sea searching for the Dutch coaster Tuko.The crew eventually found her only to discover she was not in danger.The lifeboat returned to Skegness after nine hours. - View image in PDF
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ON the 6th of December last, the E. Z., of New York, fell in with the British vessel John Garrow, when in the act of sinking.
The master, his wife, child, and twenty-six members of the crew, were safely taken off at great...
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A VERY fine service in which the crew of the Newburgh Life-boat and men of H.M. Destroyers Vampire and Vendetta played a gallant part, took place on October 19th, the anniversary of the wreck of the Hopelyn last year, off Belhelvie, near...
American Invasion' AS A TRAINING EXERCISE, three American inflatable assault boats set out from Calais on the morning of Tuesday, August 19, 1975, to cross the Channel, land and scale the cliffs of Dover.
However, the...
The 8i-ton Minehead life-boat being lifted into the Campania (See page 278). - View image in PDF
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Rescue of sailor leaves no room for error When a lone sailor found himself in trouble in Runswick Bay last September, it took close cooperation between the crews of the Staithes and Runswick inshore lifeboat and the Whitby all-weather...