Two local motor fishing boats, Mizpah and Norse- man, put to sea early on the morning of 1 st December. Later a strong southerly breeze sprang up, reaching gale force in squalls, and a rough sea, with broken water, was running across the...
ADMIRAL STUART NICHOLSON, C.B., M.V.O., D.L., who has been Honorary Secretary of the Bude Branch since 1921, and was presented last year with the Gold Badge, has contributed £207 to the funds of the Branch by photography, principally by...
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Gloves - £7 Dry Suit - £245 First Aid kit - £245 Lifejacket - £182 Compass - £248 Radio - £535 And how would Sir like to pay? Lifeboats MasterCard will do nicely.
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and more books continued from page 179 Standing Into Danger Two Hundred Years of Lifeboat Service in the River Tay and St Andrews Bay by Andrew Jeffrey published by the Dundee Branch of the RNLI at £8.95 ISBN 0-9527568-0-3 This...
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Storm Warriors of the Suffolk Coast, by Ernest Read Cooper, F.S.A. (" Suf- folk Coast"). With a Foreword by the Secretary of the Royal National Life-boat Institution. Heath Granton, Ltd. : 3s. Qd.
MAJOR COOPER has...
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Scarborough's D class inflatable was called on to land an injured seaman from a Dutch trawler on 10 August 1988.
Although winds were only light a thick fog reduced visibility to only 100 yards during the operation,... - View image in PDF
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Pictured are Richard Buckman aboard Sea Dragon, and crew members Peter Hooper, Ivan Greer and helmsman Jerry Norris aboard Blue Peter I.. - View image in PDF
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HELP FOR DUTCH VESSEL At 7.24 p.m. on I7th November, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Dutch motor vessel Heiloo, of Flushing, was aground on the Knoll Sands. There was a gale from the southsouth- west with a...
Filey, Yorkshire.—On the 25th March the local fishing cobles Dorothy Rose, John and Nancy, Topmast and Sybil Joyce put to sea. 'At 9.45 A.M. a moderate N.E. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea and dense fog, and the cobles were in some...
St. Albans made a very special effort to make Century Life-boat Day, which was held on 19th July, an outstanding success. A Life-boat was stationed in the Market Square during the forenoon, and it toured the outer areas of the city during...
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