FILEY.—Signals of distress having been shown by the brig Lancet, of Whitby, the Life-boat placed here during the temporary absence of the station's boat, which was undergoing alteration, was launchedat 6.45 A.M. on the llth January, in a...
Stromness, Orkney.—On the morning of the 13th May the coastguard telephoned that a trawler was ashore on Kili Holm, in the Westray Firth, and that it was doubtful if local boats could establish communication. A moderate S.E. breeze was...
The new Barmouth life-boat, The Chieftain, off St. David's Head, on her way to her station from the building yard at Cowes, with the Porthdinllaen life-boat, in February, 1949.. - View image in PDF
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COXSWAIN GEORGE SWARTS, of Barry Dock, Glamorganshire, has won a bronze medal in the shipping class at the Model Engineering Exhibition held in London, with a model of the life-boat at The Mumbles..
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A GIFT has been received of £15 3s. from the British members of the crew of the whaling factory ship Southern Empress on her return from the Antarctic..
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Baltimore, Co. Cork.—At 10.45 on the morning of the 21st of September, 1953, a message was received from Toe Head, Castletownshend, that the trawler Anne Gaston, of France, which had a crew of nine, had been wrecked at Toe Head. At 11.30 the...
Falmouth, Cornwall.—About 9.45 on the night of the 4th of November, 1951, the St. Anthony coastguard telephoned that the motor ship Trewidden, of London, with about forty on board, had wirelessed that she had broken down and had anchored in...
THE Greek Government has awarded to the Selsey and Bognor motor life-boat its silver nautical medal for gallantry, in gratitude for the service to the steamer Menelaos, which was in distress on 2nd November, 1930.1 A gale was blowing, with a...
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TOW OF YACHT TAKEN OVER Ramsgate, Kent. At 10.5 on the night of the 13th June, 1963, the Deal coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Wheelsman had taken in tow the yacht Angela of Ramsgate, which had broken down...
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 4.10 on the afternoon of the 24th of August, 1954, the police reported that a dinghy, with two children on board, was adrift off the entrance to Beaulieu River.
At 7.28 the life-boat The Lord...