BANFF.—At 3.15 P.M. on the 17th February the Life-boat Help for the Helpless was launched, a telephone message having been received from Macduff intimating that three fishing boats about a mile outside the harbour were in urgent need of...
RUNSWICK.—The Margaret and Edward Life-boat put off to the aid of several of the fishing-cobles belonging to this port which had been overtaken by a gale on the 2nd April. The Life-boat remained out two hours, and rendered important service...
On the 30th January the schooner John Pickard, of Goole, whilst bound to London with coal, sprang a leak when near the South Caistor Buoy. Her signals of distress were observed by the Coastguard, who reported them to the Coxswain of the Life...
1949 £ i. d.
188,742 6 4 289 10 6 52,029 6 11 7,139 18 4 173 15 10 84,005 5 4 16,391 1 - 880' 11 6 2,256 19 6 INCOME AND EXPENDITURE FOR 1950 Expenditure ...
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• The first edition of The Small-Boat Skipper's Safety Book by Denny Desoutter (Hollis and Carter, £1.95) was published in 1972. The revised second edition published this year is in the light, no doubt, of after thoughts; but it...
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At 12.45 a.m. on 27th June, 1966, concern was felt for the safety of the yacht Deux Amis and her crew of four.
She was overdue on passage from Granville and the weather was rapidly deteriorating.
There was...
Front Row (left to right) : Coxswain Barnes, of Selsey and Bognor, Mrs. Polly Donkin, of Cullercoats, Coxswain Fenton, of St. Andrews, and Mr. John Cahill. of Tralee. Back Row : Coxswain Hood, of Hartlepool, Mr. J, J. Davies, Sen., Bowman of... - View image in PDF
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THE life-boat station at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, took part in a very interesting event during July—the welcome which was given to men and women from Fraserburgh living in Canada, the United States, South Africa and various places of...
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The French trawler Neptunia ashore near Longhope. (Set opposite page.). - View image in PDF
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Clacton-on-Sea, and Walton and Frin- ton, Essex. At 5.10 on the afternoon of the 4th November, 1961, an antici- patory message was received at Clacton from the coastguard that two men in a local rowing boat were overdue. They had set out...