OCTOBER 18TH. - APPLEDORE, DEVON. A south-westerly gale was blowing up the Bristol Channel, with the heaviest seas that had been seen for several years, when at 3.45 in the afternoon the naval officer-in-charge reported that phoenix 194 -...
Tenby, Pembrokeshire - At 7.48 p.m. on nth October, 1966, a young army officer was reported to have fallen over the cliff at Old Castle Head and a team of men with ropes had been sent to try to reach him from the top of the...
Helping hand for youngsters The Ocean Youth Club's 70ft training vessel Francis Drake is pictured being given a helping hand by Ramsey's Oakley James Ball Ritchie on 8 August, 1988.
The yacht's auxiliary engine...
The Eastbourne life-boat Beryl Tollemache took out light fire-fighting gear when the oil tanker SHakund was beached on fire off Eastbourne in October, 1968.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The new Motor Life-boat Lady Rallies, which had been stationed at Fraserburgh as recently as July, was called upon to per- form her first service on the 8th August.
Between seven and eight o'clock in the morning an...
His GRACE THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, LORD PRIVY SEAL, PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION, IN THE CHAIR.
1.—Moved by the CHAIRMAN :— 1.—That the following Noblemen and Gentlemen be the Officers of the Institution for the current...
Category: Meetings
FLAMBOROUGH.—On the 15th January, while a strong gale was blowing from W.N.W., with a heavy sea, six of the fishing-boats were trying to reach the North Landing, but were unable to do so in consequence of the state of the wind and sea. The...
NORTH SUNDERLAND and HOLY ISLAND.
—On the morning of the 27th January, five fishermen put off in a coble from North Snnderland, for the purpose of shooting wild ducks on the Fame Islands.
Two of the men...
7: (Left) Journey Home Begins Over Beach And Up Slipway With Chock At The Ready Behind Carriage Track. - View image in PDF
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Holyhead, Anglesey - At 4.37 a.m. on 14th October, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that workmen from British Rail had reported sighting a red flare, possibly outside the breakwater. At 4.39 the coastguard sighted a white...