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— About 7 P.M. on the evening of the llth January a signal of distress was seen from a vessel at anchor in Caldy Road.
There was a moderate to strong south westerly gale at the time accompanied by a heavy ground sea and the...
Fredrick
CAMBOIS, NORTHUMBERLAND.—On the afternoon of the 22nd March, while a strong gale was blowing from X., accompanied by a very heavy sea, the coxswain of the Life-boat Otteald, Sarah and Jane saw a vessel strand on the South Bank at the...
The Princess Royal Meets the Buckie Lifeboat Crew
The Princess Royal meets the Buckle Lifeboat crew. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Inset) Only the Human Figure Gives Scale to the Models.
(Inset) Only the human figure gives scale to the models.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Wendy Craig Draws the Winning Ticket for the Volvo
Wendy Craig draws the winning ticket for the Volvo. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Michalis Poutous
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, and Barry Dock, Glamorganshire.—On the night of the 23rd December the Greek steamer Michalis Poutous, of Piraeus, bound light from Rouen to Barry Dock, ran on to the rocks in Bridgwater bay, near Burnham. She...
Life-Boat Carriages
A MOST important adjunct to a coast life- boat is a carriage. It is not sufficient that the boat herself be of a superior description, capable of contending safely and successfully with that element in which her work has to be performed,...
Category: Articles
Bridlington Bowman Killed on Service
AT 5.8 on the afternoon of the 19th of August, 1952, the coastguard at Brid- lington telephoned the life-boat station that two girl bathers were being washed seawards in Thornwick Bay, and at 5.35 the life-boat Tillie Morri- son, Sheffield...
Category: Services
Seasoned Lifesavers
Every summer, RNLI lifeguards patrol more than 240 beaches across the UK and Channel Islands, keeping thousands of beachgoers safe. But how can we keep people safe as winter approaches?
A scheme being trialled on some of...
Category: Articles
A Small Fishing Boat (1)
THURSO and WICK, CAITHNESS-SHIRE, AND LONGHOPE, ORKNEY.—A small fishing boat belonging to John O'Groats put to sea with two men aboard shortly before 6 A.M. on the 28th April, intending to return the same morning at about 10...