WINTERTON. — The full - rigged ship Galatea, of Greenock, bound from Hamburg to Sydney with a general cargo, stranded on Hammond's KnolJ, in a fresh N.E. breeze, a rough sea and thick weather, on the 27th June. The lookout man at...
The remains of the Watson cabin motor life-boats from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight and Selsey, Sussex. Nothing is left forward but the keels, deadwoods and iron floor-straps. On the left can be seen the forward steel bulkhead of the engine-room... - View image in PDF
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Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—The motor life-boat Langham was launched at 11.22 A.M. on the 22nd May, as information had been received through the coastguard that the yacht Bendilow, of Portsmouth, was in a dangerous position near Sandown pier....
Boule me over! Treliske Cellar Supplies of Truro are staunch supporters of the lifeboat service. Five years ago the company's managing director, Bill Peaker, came up with the idea of playing the French game ofboule and organised the...
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A shattered bark, and an angry sky, And the storm-wraith shrieking fierce and high, And, aye and anon, from the murky cloud, The thunder echoing hoarse and loud ! Oh! little ship, that at dawn of day Didst gaily sail from thy native bay,...
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Thursday, 6th Aug. 1857. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., V.P., F.R.S., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance, Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward...
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LIFE-BOAT crews are generally such experienced boatmen that the necessity for drill is not apparent to them, and the quarterly exercise at some stations is apt to degenerate into a somewhat perfunctory proceeding which does not strike...
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BURGEES AND BADGES Burgees — Flags — Badges — Bannerettes — PVC Stickers — Transfers — 1970 price list sent on request. P & R Publicity Ltd., The Broadway, Pitsea, Basildon, Essex.
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ONCE again the Institution will have on sale a pictorial calendar. This, for 1968, will consist of a very striking cover, bearing a dramatic colour picture taken at sea from the Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, life-boat, and the months spread over...
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