THE DUCHESS OF KENT, President of the Institution, took part for the first time in naming ceremonies of life-boats when she Avent on March 8th to Bridlington and on March 10th to Tynemouth and named their new life-boats, the Tittle Morrison,...
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The mouth of the cave as viewed from the lifeboat. - View image in PDF
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THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 155 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to August 31st, 1953 ....
78,333 The Thirty-first of January: A Day of...
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DONNA NOOK, LINCOLNSHIRE.—On the 10th March, 1867, the schooner Squire, of Yarmouth, was observed making for the shore in a disabled state, a heavy gale blowing from E.N.E. at the time. -The North Briton life-boat was soon launched, and...
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ABERSOCH, CAERNARVONSHIRE. — While the wind was blowing, with the force of a whole gale to a storm, from W.N.W. to N.W., with terrific squalls and a very heavy sea, on the 12th Jan. last, signals of distress were exhibited by the schooner...
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Prince Charles visits Rock Rock lifeboat station personnel were delighted and honoured to be visited by HRH The Prince of Wales just four days after their new boathouse was opened. Prince Charles had shown much interest in the new lifeboat...
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CHAPTER I.
A WRECK OFT MARGATE.
THE night of Sunday, the 12th of February, in the present year, was what sailors call a very dirty night. Heavy masses of clouds skirted the horizon as the sun get; and,...
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