MAY 24TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 4.45 A.M. a message was received from the Deal coastguard that a steamer, with a number of women and children on board, had been bombed by enemy aircraft and was drifting in the South Downs. A light south-west...
WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX On the 21st December, 1945, the Walton and Frinton life-boat rescued the crew of five naval ratings of the motor fishing vessel No. 96, and the crew of six naval ratings of the motor fishing vessel No. 611.
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Even if their crews aren’t aboard, boat fires can pose a serious risk to sea users and the environment – a challenge that volunteers in Devon faced twice in 5 days
The African Queen is one of...
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Awards on the Closing of Stations.
ALNMOUTH.
JOHN W. STEWART, 12J years second cox- swain and 8$ years a member of the crew, a life-boatman's certificate of service, and a pension.
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Search in fog A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC reported to Tynemouth Coastguard on Saturday June 14, 1980, that a ship's foghorn had been heard east of Berwick Lighthouse.
Berwick lifeboat station was informed at 1310 and five...
IN January, 1948, the latest life-boat provided by the Civil Service Life-boat Fund, a 46-feet Watson cabin boat, went to Blyth in Northumberland.
She is one of eight Civil Service motor life-boats now in the fleet. Since...
Category: Inaugurations
HRH Princess Michael of Kent boards Eastbourne's new Mersey class lifeboat Royal Thames after the naming ceremony. The Princess then took a trip afloat aboard the lifeboat. Photo Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
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Thursday, 8th November, 1934.
Sir GODFREY -BARING, Bt., in the chair.
Reported the receipt of the following special contributions :— . - £ s. d.
South Metropolitan' Gas Co. ...
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