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Category: Articles
Lt Cdr John Lunch Vice President of the Rnli Proposes the Vote of Thanks to Hrh the Duchess of Kent
Lt Cdr John Lunch, Vice President of the RNLI proposes the vote of thanks to HRH the Duchess of Kent.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Tergestea
The s.s. Tergestea G. T. 31, while bound from the Tyne to London with a cargo of coal, on the 16th October, struck a wreck close to Aldeburgh Napes. As she was badly damaged the captain at once made for Harwich, but before he could reach...
R.T.K
— The schooner JR. T. K., of Fowey, was seen to show signals of distress when off the North Foreland, on the 12fch March. It was blowing a gale from W.S.W. and the sea was heavy. Without delay the No. 2 Life-boat, Civil Service, No. 1,...
Penlee Anniversary
THE 150th anniversary of the founding of the Penzance and Penlee station was celebrated by a dinner held at the Queen's Hotel, Penzance on the 12th of March, 1954. The vellum com- memorating the 150 years service of the station was...
Category: Articles
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FLARES LIT FOR CLIFF SEARCH PARTY Weymouth, Dorset. At 10.36 on the night of the 15th August, 1962, the Wyke coastguard told the honorary secretary that a boy was missing on the cliffs at Durdle Door and said that the police had asked if the...
Haddock Boats
The Life-boat Theophilus Sidney Echalaz was launched at 1 P.M. on the 18th March for the safety of seven crab boats and three haddock boats, as there was a very strong gale blowing from S.E., and there was also a heavy sea running. As the...
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APRIL 18TH - ANGLE, PEMBROKESHIRE.
A vessel was reported to have been bombed and set on fire by enemy aeroplanes, but nothing could be found. - Reward £11 9s..
Clinging to the Mast
The survivor who clung to the mast for an hour was rescued by the Lytham-St. Anne's life-boat (see page 729). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Injured climber HOLYHEAD COASTGUARD received WOrd on the evening of Saturday August 17, 1985, that a climber had fallen and was injured on the Go-Garth cliffs, four miles west of Holyhead. Maroons were fired and at 2130 Holyhead's 44ft...