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AUGUST 28TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 4.38 in the afternoon the Foreland coastguard telephoned that a pilot at Sea View had reported a boat being blown off shore in the direction of Horse Sand Fort.
A south-west gale...
The Wreck of a Finnish Motor Ship. Thirty Lives Lost In the Orkneys
IN the early morning of 12th January, 1937, a Finnish motor ship, the Johanna Thorden, passed through the Pentland Firth, between the north of Scotland and the Orkneys, on her way from New York to Gothenburg. She had thirty- eight on board,...
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St Bridget
At 6.30 P.M. on the 18th May the fishing-boat St. Bridget, of Ballinagoul, whilst returning from Dungarvan, ran on to the rocks near Ballinacourty Light- house, in a squall of rain. As the four men on board were in danger, the Life- boat...
Pandora
MAN RESCUED AFTER EXPLOSION IN FISHING VESSEL Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire. About 2.15 on the morning of the 7th June, 1963, Porthdinllaen coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an explosion had been heard to seaward off Trevor...
A Motor Boat
MOTOR BOAT BEACHED Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 4.58 on the afternoon of Sunday the 1st September, 1963, the coastguard told the coxswain that a motor boat south of the lookout had broken down. The coxswain studied the boat's position...
Jade After Her Ordeal
jade after her ordeal Photo: Archant norfolk . - View image in PDF
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The Trinity House Vessel Reculver
JANUARY 9TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON. NORFOLK. At 1 0 A.M. an explosion was heard to the north-east of the life-boat station, and the Gorleston coastguard reported that the Caister Look-out had seen aircraft diving towards the sea,...
Centenary of Sennen Cove Life-Boat Station
THE centenary of the life-boat station at Sennen Cove, which was estab- lished in 1853, was celebrated by a dinner held at the Land's End Hotel on the 21st of April 1953. A certifi- cate inscribed on vellum was presented by Earl Howe,...
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Etleena, of London
JANUARY 19TH. -SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 8.30 in the morning the naval control reported a vessel in need of help one mile south of the Medway Gate. A strong north-west wind was blowing, with a rough sea and snow squalls. The motor...
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Contents «?—«. *-*. *» Lifeboat Services 221 Portrush: pulling and sailing to fast afloat Arun, by Joan Davies 227 477 Experimental floating stretchers 231 Hyannis, Massachusetts, to Rockland, Maine, by M. G. K. Pennell 232...
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