Oa the 8th of April the brigantine Cebufg, of Whitby , ran ashore in an E.8.E. gale* afear Bridlington Quay.
The Bridlington life-boat belonging to the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION was immediately launched, and proceeded...
PETERHEAD, N.B.—On the afternoon of Sunday the 15th October, during a S.S.E.
wind and a heavy sea, a barque—which proved to be the Fortuna, of Arendal,Norway, bound from Aberdeen to that port in ballast—came in sight off...
Ferry good idea! Pictured above are 'Hobblers' - the ferrymen who bring visitors over to St Michaels Mount from Marazion between April and the end of October.
They each carry a lifeboat collection box on board and...
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DURING the autumn of 1924 two films with a special Life-boat interest i were released to the Cinemas. One o f ' them, " Down to the Sea in Ships," is; the cruise of a whaler. Among its scenes are the wreck of one of the boats...
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TOW FOR SCHOONER WITH SEA CADETS ABOARD Weymouth, Dorset. At 5.16 on the afternoon of the 23rd August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was burning flares half a mile off Abbotsbury. Seven minutes later the...
At daybreak on the 4th April, during a strong gale from the E., with a chopping sea, a large steamer was observed, apparently at anchor, about eight miles N. of To wan Head. She was showing colours, but whether signals of distress or not...
Hauling up the Dagon s crew by the life-saving apparatus. (See opposite page.). - View image in PDF
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WINTERTON.—The No.' 2 Life-boat Husland was launched at 11 o'clock on the night of the 4th October, in response to signals of distress shown by the brig Catherine, of Whitby, bound from Portsmouth for Sunderland, which -was...
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