SKERRIES, Co. DUBLIN.—On the 14th October the schooner William, of Dublin, bound from Swansea to Ardrossan with a cargo of coal, and having a crew of five men, sought shelter in Skerries Bay from stress of weather, the wind at the time...
Wick, Caithness-shire - At 3.10 p.m. on 24th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Boy Peter was ashore on the south side of Proudfoot.
The fishing vessel Bluebell was also...
Scarborough, Flamborough, and Brid- lington, Yorkshire.—On the 9th of December, 1951, the Scarborough life- boat rescued the crew of ten of the Dutch motor vessel Westkust, and the Scarborough bowman lost his life.— Rewards, to FRANK DALTON,...
Swimmers far out A COUNCIL LIFE GUARD at Sennen Cove, Nick Bryant, although not on duty was down painting his hut on Friday May 16 when he saw two swimmers a long way out to sea. He immediately put out on a surf board and, on reaching the...
Bideford Shipyard 1973 • • • Bllnk End Bideford LimitedDevon England Telephone Bideford (02372) 5508 9 Telegraphic address : BIDSHIP DEVON 72 Lifeboat built at Bideford.
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Coxswain Peter Race and Helen Pickett at Teesmoirth lifeboat station's open day, 11 August. - View image in PDF
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JANUARY 26TH. - NEWBURGH, AND ABERDEEN, ABERDEENSHIRE. On the 25th January a very heavy storm of wind and snow broke on the coast. All roads and railways became blocked with snow, making traffic impossible, and telephone wires were broken....
OCT. 20TH. - LERWICK, SHETLANDS.
At 2.10 P.M. a message was received from the senior naval officer that the S.S. Sea Venture, of London, had been sunk by enemy action fifteen to twenty miles east of Flugga, and that the...
The Bight Hon. The EARL OF SELBORNE, P.O., First Lord of the Admiralty, IN THE CHAIR.
Moved by The Right Hon. The EARL OF SELBORNE, P.O.
Seconded by Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P.
be...
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Scarborough, Yorkshire.—During the afternoon of the 12th March the weather got very bad, and several of the local boats at sea returned to harbour. One boat, the Margaret, was still to come, and the motor life-boat Herbert Joy II was...