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Walborg and H.M. Trawler Melbourne
FEBRUARY 15TH. - TYNEMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 10.30 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a collision had occurred between two vessels, off the Spanish Battery Point, and that the Swedish steamer Walborg, of Stockholm, had...
H.M. Trawler Sheldon
MARCH 7TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
At 4.45 A.M.. the coastguard reported signals from a vessel to the N.E. by E., and the motor life-boat K.B.M. was launched at 6.30 A.M.
A light southerly wind was blowing...
H.M. Minesweeper Unicity
JANUARY 31ST. - BLYTH, NORTH-UMBERLAND. At about 12.25 P.M. the coastguard telephoned that a vessel had capsized outside the piers. She was H.M. Minesweeper Unicity, with a crew of fifteen.
A light N.E. wind was blowing,...
A Drilling Rig
Invergordon lifeboat in drilling rig rescueThe White Rose of Yorkshire, Invergordon's Waveney class lifeboat, was involved in the rescue of two survivors who fell from a semi-submersible exploration drilling rig on 31 January 1992 in...
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Clovelly, Devon.—At 9.40 on the night of the 30th of August, 1948, the Croyde coastguard rang up to say that two men had been cut off by the tide and were on a ledge near Seal Rock, Baggy Point. He said he would guide the life-boat to the...
The S.S. Cairnglen
OCTOBER 22ND. - TYNEMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 6.57 A . M . a message was received from the port war signal station that a vessel was ashore off the Tyne, north of Souter Point. A strong easterly wind was blowing, and there was a moderate...
Shoreline
SHORELINE has been growing at a fantastic rate recently, thanks to your support.
First there was the competition announced in the winter issue of THE LIFEBOAT, the prize for which was a BMW Series 7 motor car generously...
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