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Sjofna, of Oslo
NOVEMBER 23RD. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL, AND CLOVELLY, DEVON.
At 2.30 in the morning the Padstow coastguard telephoned that news had been received from the naval authorities at Falmouth that a ship was ashore at Knap Head, near...
Scotia of Sunderland
At noon on the 28th May, the brig Scotia, of Sunderland, with flag of distress flying and mainmast gone, was ob- served in Gorton Roads, the wind blowing a hard gale from W.N.W. all the time. The Lowestoft life-boat was quickly launched, and...
Metal Collecting Boxes: An Appeal
IT is impossible at present to get more of the small metal life-boat collecting boxes. Nor will it be possible to get them for a long time. Meanwhile the Institution has none. If any branches have boxes which they are not using, will they...
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Caribia, of Delfzyl (1)
FEBRUARY 26TH - 27TH. - CAISTER, AND GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. About 2.45 in the morning the coastguard telephoned to Caister that the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston life-boat had just launched to a vessel on the east side of...
Two Herring Boats
On the 2nd of September a strong gale and heavy sea having sprung up, two large herring-boats, in attempting to get into Berwick Harbour, got to leeward of it, and went on shore. A steam-tug proceeded to their assistance, but was unable to...
Mikelis
SEATON CAKEW, DUBHAM, AND TEES- MOUTH, YORKSHIRE.—On the morning of the 1st April a Greek steamer of about 1,500 tons, named the Mikelis, and belonging to Argostoii, attempted to enter the Tees, bound for Middles- brough in ballast. Her...
Temperance Pledge
CAISTER, NORFOLK.—While a strong breeze was blowing from N.W. by W., increasing to a gale and accompanied by a heavy sea, on the 18th January, the coxswain of the Life-boat, who was watching, observed the side-lights of a vessel on the...
Commerce
During a fresh N.N.W. breeze and moderate sea, on the night of the 27th April, the brig Commerce, of Yarmouth, stranded on the Knock Sand, and in response to her signals of distress, the Life-boat Samuel Lewis was launched and pro- ceeded to...
Fishing Cobles (1)
Seven of the cobles were off at their fishing on the morning of the loth April, and at about 8 A.M., when they began to return to harbour, it was seen that the sea on the bar was too heavy for any such craft to attempt to come in without...
Arasjo
Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 6.58 on the morning of the 2nd of June, 1960, the coastguard passed on to the j honorary secretary a message from the Norwegian vessel Arasjo, of Oslo, that she was aground on the outer sideof the Longsand about...