Arbroath, Angus.-—At three o'clock in the afternoon of the 31st of March, 1948, the coastguard reported that six local fishing boats were approaching harbour. A south-southywest gale was blowing with a very rough sea, making the harbour...
From deck of 70-001 as, shortly after dawn on February 6, she and St. Pierre approached race off north of Lundy: wind, force 10 to 11, tide setting about 4 knots against wind. As 70-001 begins descent down front of wave, tow line, almost bar... - View image in PDF
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Coxswain Robert Cross, of the Humber has been awarded the George medal by the King for the rescue of the crew of the Grimsby trawler "Gurth" on 12th. February 1940. The Institution awarded him its gold medal for the same service....
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November Meeting.
Whitstable, Kent.—At about 11.30 A.M., on the 2nd October, 1938, the sailing dinghy Wana, of Whitstable, with one man on board, capsized about half a mile off Swale Cliff Rock. A moderate to fresh, squally...
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Campbeltown, Argyllshire. — At 7.10 in the evening of the 9th of March, 1948, the Southend coastguard reported a vessel in the Sound of Sanda burning a red light or flare, and the motor life- boat City of Glasgow was launched at 7.20 in a...
Emlyn Hughes, the former England football captain, while visiting his home town of Barrow-in-Furness, toppled a pile of pennies which had been growing on the bar of Roa Island Hotel. Barrow businessmen Peter Jackson and Mike McKenzie doubled... - View image in PDF
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Del Johnson Penlee deputy launching authority and station honorary treasurer, on 28 October.
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Barrow, Lancashire ; Maryport, Cumberland; Ramsey, and Douglas, Isle of Man, October 19th.—On the 18th October the s.s. Esbo, of Helsingfors, left Preston in ballast for Finland. Bad weather was encountered, and the Esbo got into...