Charles Dixon and the
Golden Age of Marine
Painting
by Stuart Boyd
Review by Carol Waterkeyn
Charles Dixon was one of the greatest maritime artists, living from 1872 to...
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The ten recipients of the awards for gallantry take a photo-call aboard the Tyne class The Famous Grouse on the River Thames before the start of the day's proceedings. Visitors to the meetings were later able to go aboard the lifeboat... - View image in PDF
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Name of Donor or Testator. The late Mr. George Wooflndin
Amount of Gift or Legacy. 630
Date received. 1895
Object. For a George Woofndin Life-boat
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(Below) When The Right Hon The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Anthony Jolliffe, CBE was in Weymouth during the summer, he visited the lifeboat station and was shown all over the 54ft Arun Tony Vandervell. He is seen here II) in the engine room... - View image in PDF
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JANUARY 24TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
At 12.5 in the afternoon a fisherman telephoned from Melvick that a fishing boat was in distress about seven miles east of Port Skerra, and the motor life-boat...
THE following is a Return, compiled from Parliamentary Documents, of the number of ships which entered inwards, and cleared outwards, from British ports, during the year 1861; that for 1862 not having as yet been published:— Ships. Tone.<...
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FOURTEEN years since a movement com- menced of an altogether novel character in the life-boat work, and which is without precedent in this or in any other country.
At that period a benevolent lady presented the NATIONAL...
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The Southwold motor life-boat towing in Wild Duck II on 22nd September. (See page 372.;. - View image in PDF
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DECEMBER 10TH. - BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE. At 11.45 on the night of the 9th of December, the coastguard reported a vessel firing distress signals three miles north-east of Flamborough Head. A strong north-west wind was blowing, with a heavy...