POOLE, DORSETSHIRE.—On the 1st Junethe brigantine Otto, of Hoganas, Sweden, from Gene to Poole with a cargo of timber, was taken in tow by a steam-tug about 9 A.M., and while crossing Poole Bar the wind blowing from the E., accompanied by a...
On the night of the 25th October, at 9 P.M., the brig Cuba, of Whitby, was driven ashore in a heavy gale off Winterton.
The life-boat was got ready soon after mid- night, but the night being dark, and the sea very heavy,...
The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of the different types of Life-boats used in the Institution's service. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view. Fig. 2 the " plan " or deck view. Fig....
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MAN TAKEN OFF SINKING CUTTER Dungeness, Kent. At 6.40 on the evening of the 14th June, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the gaff-rigged cutter Twilight was ashore one to two miles west of Dengemarsh look-out, but...
Barmouth, Merionethshire.
The Institution stationed at Barmouth in 1939 a 32-feet surf motor life-boat, with Hotchkiss internal cone propellers. She is like the Poole motor life-boat described in the issue of The Life-boat...
Category: Inaugurations
The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
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SEATON CAREW, DURHAM.—On the night of April 12th, signals of distress were observed on the North Gare Sand, at the entrance to the River Tees, the wind from the S.E. with a high sea on. The Seaton Carew life-boat was at once launched and...
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Lt Cdr M.W. Bond, honorary secretary at West Mersea lifeboat station from 1968 to 1983..
Category: Obituaries
THE life-boat station at Sheringham celebrated its centenary this year. It was established in 1838, when a private life-boat was placed there by the Hon.
Mrs. Upcher. This boat was built at Sheringham, and was named Augusta...
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SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT CAMPBELTOWN JANUARY 1 9TH. - CAMPBLE- TOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE, AND PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWN-SHIRE. At seven minutes to eight in the morning a message came from the coastguard at Southend that a ship was ashore in front of the...