AN International Maritime and Colonial Exhibition has been held at Antwerp this year, from April to October, on the occasion of the Centenary Celebrations of the Declaration of Belgian Independ- ence. Great Britain was one of the principal...
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The S.S. Cornish Rose, of Liverpool, bound from Fowey to Preston, with a crew of nine, got into difficulties when about twenty-one miles north of Pendeen on the evening of the 6th December. Her fires had been extinguished by heavy seas, and...
David Scott Cowper's ex- Watson class lifeboat Mabel E. Ho/land beached at Depot Bay, Fort Ross to carry out temporary repairs during her epic cicumnavigation via the North West Passage. One of the illustrations from Northwest Passage... - View image in PDF
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Workington, Cumberland - At 6.31 p.m. on 12th April, 1970, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser with a crew of two was in difficulties half a mile off shore. The life-boat Manchester and Salford XXIX slipped her...
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Charlie Brown weighs-in: A seven-month-old golden cocker spaniel named Charlie Brown raised £377 for the Lakes Committee. His owner, Elizabeth Haworth of Windermere asked people to guess his weight in return for a 50p donation.... - View image in PDF
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BRIXHAM.—During a very strong from the E. with severe snow-storms and a very heavy sea, the trawler Pioneer, belonging -to Brixham, was observed close to the rocks near Fishcombe Point on the 10th March, having parted from her moorings, and...
CABIN CRUISER ESCORTED TO HARBOUR Margate, Kent. At 11.30 a.m. on Friday the 26th of July, 1963, the Margate coastguard told the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser which had been kept under close observation since nine o'clock...
Dangerously dehydrated On 25 April 2006, three lifeboats worked together to save a 14m yacht and her crew sinking off Ardlamont Point, Loch Fyne.
Launching at I.OSpmTighnabruaich's B class Alec and Maimie Preston was...
FEBRUARY 23RD. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE, AND GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE.
A red light had been reported and information was received that a man had fallen overboard from an aircraft carrier, but nothing was found. - Rewards :...