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Patho

Date: August 1897

Volume: 16

Issue: 185

CLACTON.—Two telegrams having been received, one from the coxswain of the Southend Life-boat and the other from Maplin Lighthouse, reporting a vessel on the sands and showing signals of distress, on the 16th January, the Life-boat Albert...

A Shore Thing

Date: Winter 1998

Volume: 56

Issue: 543

Howard Richings continues his tour of the RNLI's lifeboat stations It's an ill wind that blows no good. 1998 certainly began in fine style if one was into windsurfing, whereas in January 1997 it would have required an icebreaker to...

Category: Articles

Able Seaman Kevin Rafferty Was Able to Present Andrew Young

Date: Autumn 1987

Volume: 50

Issue: 502

Able Seaman Kevin Rafferty was able to present Andrew Young, regional organiser for the south west, with a cheque for £1,195 on his return from six months in the Atlantic with the ocean survey ship HMS Herald. Kevin was sponsored not to... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Mary

Date: August 1889

Volume: 14

Issue: 153

A very heavy storm of wind and snow was experienced here on the 8th February, and the- sea broke heavily amongst the rocks. The schooner Mary, of Montrose, coal laden from Methill for Balta Sound, brought up at anchor north of the harbour...

Book Corner

Date: October 1971

Volume: 42

Issue: 437

• E. C. B. Lee, O.B.E., c.Eng., F.R.I.N.A., and Kenneth Lee, M.B.B.S., L.R.C.P., M.R.G.S., D.I.H., are to be congratulated on their book Safety and Survival at Sea, (Cassell & Co., price £2.50). A vast amount of time has been taken...

Category: Articles

Tripper

Date: November 1909

Volume: 20

Issue: 234

During a fresh S.W. breeze on the 14th May it was reported that a vessel was on the S.W.

part of the Guufleet Sands, the steam Life-boat City of Glasgow therefore pro- ceeded to her assistance. On reaching the sands they...

Keith and Nigel Pask Decided to Clear Out Their Toy Cupboard and Set Up a Mini-Market

Date: Winter 1981

Volume: 47

Issue: 475

Keith and Nigel Pask decided to clear out their toy cupboard and set up a mini-market in the garage of their house in Banbury, Oxfordshire. They invited school friends to come and buy and at the end of the day had taken £19.50 for the... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Lifeboat Services

Date: Spring 1975

Volume: 44

Issue: 452

Scotland North Division Cliff face helicopter lift LONOHOPE honorary secretary was informed by the Coastguard at 2352 on December 20, 1974, that the Belgian trawler Lans was ashore on the north side of Tor Ness and required immediate...

Category: Services

A Seaplane

Date: May 1915

Volume: 23

Issue: 256

At 9 A.M. on the 15th December the military authorities reported that signals of dis- tress had been observed in St. Andrews Bay. In response the Motor Life-boat Maria was launched. She proceeded to St. Andrews Bay, where she found an...

Life first

Date: Spring 2008

Volume: 61

Issue: 583

Selflessness

We sometimes hear inspiring news reports of people acting on instinct, trying to save a fellow human being with no thought for their own safety. At sea, there is a tradition...

Category: Articles