SUTTON, LINCOLNSHIRE.—At the request of the crew, the boat on this station has been replaced by a new self-righting Life- boat, 30 feet long, 8 feet wide, and rowing 8 oars double-banked. A new transport- ing-carriage was sent with the boat....
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Annual General Meeting Thank you for the invitation to yesterday's presentation of awards and annual meeting at the Royal Festival Hall. I found it a most moving occasion.
For years I have lived alongside a famous...
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On the 1st January, whilst the ship Louisa, of Bristol, was being towed over Bideford Bar by two steamers during a strong gale from W.S.W., the hawser attached to one steamer break- ing, and the towing-gear of the other giving way, she let...
NOVEMBER 16TH - 17TH. - KIRKCUDBRIGHT, KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE, AND MARYPORT, CUMBERLAND. At 8.45 in the evening of November 16th the Kirkcudbright life-boat Morison Watson was launched to the help of Hopper No. 2, of Preston, which was reported...
On the 29th March, at about 3 P.M., during a heavy gale from the N.E., the schooner Margaret Ann, of Carnarvon, was seen to be riding heavily at her anchors, and at low water she struck the ground severely and unshipped her rudder. The...
ESTABLISHED 1968 BACK-CARE CHAIRS for easy sitting Arising FREE DELIVERY i l K l l l ML ELECTRICALLY ADJUSTABLE BEDS, with push-button control, to make life easier in bed. Choice of single & double beds.
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(Above). The unpainled wheelhouse module (also in FRC) is craned into position on the hull.. - View image in PDF
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The band strikes up at the Rhyl naming ceremony. Photo Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
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Hospital ship Rohilla on the rocks of Saltwick Nab, October 30, 1914. Both Whitby No. 2 and Upgang lifeboats were hauled to Saltwick.. - View image in PDF
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Swindon's flag week collections, lottery and souvenir sales raised £1,036.81. During the week, in April, a Mercantile Credit Co window display featured a scale model lifeboat made by the late Ken Hemmings, who had been a branch... - View image in PDF
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