Two men who had gone out at 1 P.M. on the 23rd June for a few hours' pleasure fishing in the motor boat Sleuth Hound were overtaken by a thick fog. As they did not return it was thought that they had landed somewhere along the coast, but...
DECEMBER 16TH. - FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. The motor life-boat Elizabeth and Albina Whitley was launched at 11.45 A.M. in a heavy S.S.E. gale, with a rough sea, to the help of the local motor fishing coble Boy's Own. She found her six...
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. — At 11.15 on the morning of the 7th of September 1957, the police reported that a rowing boat with two girls and two young men on board was in diffi- culties in Colwyn Bay. The life-boat Tillie Morrison,...
Money raised on the bottle: Trevor Ramsden (r) honorary secretary, is presented with a cheque for £120 by Ian Bolton, landlord of the Borough Arms, Dunmere, Bodmin who, along with his customers, is a longstanding supporter. The money... - View image in PDF
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Above: The Lifeboat Fund's 4 7sr lifeboat, The Princess Royal (Civil Service No 41), is put through her paces at St Ives in Cornwall. - View image in PDF
Pholo floyal Bank ol Scotland / flick Tom Im son. - View image in PDF
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ONCE again figures show that life-boats have been called out on service more often in one particular month than in the corresponding month in any year, either in peace or war, since the Royal National Life-boat Institution was founded in...
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ST. ANNE'S ON THE SEA, LANCASHIRE.— In accordance with the wishes of the Life- boat men, the large Life-boat which is kept moored afloat at the end of St. Anne's Pier has been replaced by the large sailing Life-boat specially...
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AFTER A COLLISION At 6.40 p.m. on 28th November, 1964, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that the motor vessel Royal Gate had been in collision one mile west of Chequer buoy and was making for the beach in a moderate...
Seaspray and Whisky
by Norman Freeman
Review by Sam Barnes
Though I’m a fan of books with a maritime theme I didn’t quite know what to expect from Seaspray and Whisky. It is based on...
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Jennifer, age seven, from Liversidge sent in a photo of her on the day she took a trip on an out-of-service lifeboat in Whit by. - View image in PDF
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