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Jeanne Gougy

Date: March 1963

Volume: 37

Issue: 403

TWELVE MEN LOST FROM FRENCH TRAWLER Sennen Cove, and Penlee, Cornwall.

At 5.21 on the morning of the 3rd November, 1962, the coastguard informed the coxswain of the Sennen Cove life-boat that a vessel was ashore on the...

Ceremonies

Date: Spring 1989

Volume: 51

Issue: 508

- Tyne class Mary The little town of Portpatrick, situated on the south western edge of Scotland, provided a picturesque setting for the naming ceremony of its new 47ft Tyne class lifeboat Mary Irene Millar on Friday, 19 May...

Category: Inaugurations

Egton

Date: June 1967

Volume: 40

Issue: 420

At 4.55 p.m. on 24th January, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the m.v. Egton was drifting ashore at North Cheek, Robin Hood Bay.

The life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched at 5.10 in a light...

A Steamer

Date: February 1917

Volume: 23

Issue: 262

A Magnificent Group of Services.

19th~21st November, 1916.

SELDOM, if ever, has there been concentrated within three days of Life-boat work a more splendid series of achievements than those which are...

Gracieuse

Date: November 1908

Volume: 20

Issue: 230

The weather was so bad on the night of the 6th March that a watch was kept all night and at about 6.30 next morning it was reported that a schooner off the Bull Lighthouse was steering very badly.

She was watched for some...

A Boat (1)

Date: December 1963

Volume: 37

Issue: 406

LONG SEARCH FOR UNLIT BOAT Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.

At 10.10 on the evening of Tuesday the 20th of August, 1963, what appeared to be burning material was seen a number of times about half a mile off shore and two...

Coming from As Far Afield As Ireland and Humberside

Date: Summer 1981

Volume: 47

Issue: 477

Coming from as far afield as Ireland and Humberside, 116 entries made the third Great Tweed Raft Race a huge crowd puller with 15,000 people lining the river bank. There were two categories: fancy dress rafts and speedsters, all of which had... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Derwent

Date: February 1905

Volume: 19

Issue: 215

A telephone message was received on the 2nd May from Dungeness stating that a vessel off Dengemarsh was flying a signal, " Want immediate assistance." The crew and helpers of the Life-boat John William Dudley were assembled with...

Cogswell & Harrison Ltd

Date: January 1973

Volume: 42

Issue: 442

THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL FLASHLIGHT DYNALITE FLASHES The world's most powerful flashlight, specially imported from the U.S.A. This six-cell flashlight is 80,000 candle power made of strong plastic, and unconditionally guaranteed for...

Category: Advertisement

Heron

Date: November 1933

Volume: 29

Issue: 316

At 4.45 AiM. on the 31st July the coastguard telephoned that a yacht near the breakwater light- house was burning distress signals. A moderate W. gale was blowing, with a rough sea, and the weather was thick.

The motor life...