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Arbroath and the S.S. Aina Maria
Whitby, Yorkshire— At 4.10 in the afternoon of the 12th of May, 1949, the coastguard telephoned a message re- ceived by wireless that the motor vessel Arbroath, of Dundee, had been in col- lision with the S.S. Aina Maria Nur- minen, of...
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Newcastle, Co. Down. — At 4.20 on the afternoon of the 9th of August, 1952, a R.A.F. officer at Glasdrumman telephoned that a yacht appeared to be in difficulties about three miles off Glasdrumman. She was drifting sea- wards broadside to...
The Last Moments of Port Du Hurel (Photo - Jersey Evening Post)
The last moments of Port du Hurel. (Photo - Jersey Evening Post). - View image in PDF
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Life-Boatman's Gallant Swim
AT 10.20 on the night of the 27th of July, 1952, the Flamborough Head coastguard telephoned the Flam- borough life-boat station that a young man had reported a friend of his in difficulties on a cliff near the Stacks Rocks at Flamborough...
Category: Services
Fig 2 (Below) Work Is Complete
Fig. 2 (below) Work is complete.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Volesus, of Grimsby, and Lord Nelson
Injured crews THE HARBOUR MASTER of Bridlington, Yorkshire, informed the honorary secretary at 1320 on Friday, December 28, 1973, that the trawler VolesusofGrimsby had an injured man aboard. The relief lifeboat Calouste Giilbenkian was...
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Tragedy as five are swept overboard from charter ya cht A short but difficult search for survivors from a yacht which had been knocked down in the entrance to Tynemouth harbour has earned three of Tynemouth lifeboat's crew letters of...
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Category: Articles
Audacity (1)
New Quay, and Aberystwyth, Cardigan- shire.—At 9.23 in the morning of the 9th of January, 1952, the Fishguard coastguard telephoned the New Quay life-boat station that the tanker Audacity, of London, was in difficulties with a broken...
Sir Godfrey Baring, Workington's 46ft Watson lifeboat, recovering from capsize in trials after she had been fitted with an air bag to give her a self-righting capability.
Sir Godfrey Baring, Workington's 46ft Watson lifeboat, recovering from capsize in trials after she had been fitted with an air bag to give her a self-righting capability.. - View image in PDF
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