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Blessing the Fishing Fleet
In the harbour at Whitby. The service was conducted by the Bishop of Whitby, and his pulpit was draped with the house flag of the Institution.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Polish Yacht Polonia
Dover, Kent. At 2.40 on the morning of the 18th of October, 1959, the eastern arm signal station reported that the Polish yacht Polonia was in difficul- ties in the Camber with ten men aboard.
The Dover Harbour Board tug...
The Weather During the Year 1889
To the seaman the weather experienced during the year 1889 must be considered as exceptionally favourable, for, like its predecessors 1887 and 1888, storms were of very rare occurrence in the British Islands, and as a necessary consequence,...
Category: Articles
The Exhibition Galleon Hispaniola
Sennen Cove and St. Ives, Cornwall -At noon on 12th April, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary of the Sennen Cove life-boat station that the owner of the exhibition galleon Hispaniola had expressed concern for the safety of...
The night of the Nafsiporos rescue
Drifting in a raging storm in the middle of the Irish Sea, the crew of the stricken Greek freighter, Nafsiporos, feared they’d never see their families again. Who had the skill and courage to get to them in time? It’s only 3½ weeks...
Category: Articles
The Motor Yawl Falcon
At 1.30 A.M. on the morning of the 14th January, the police informed the Coastguard that the motor yawl Falcon, of Broughty Ferry, was adrift somewhere in the Tay with fifteen men on board. She had left Tayport at 10 P.M. the previous...
The Four Gallantry Awardees
The four Gallantry Awardees met HRH Prince Charles the day before the APA. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Rig Fortuna
ALNMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND. — The rig Fortuna, of Eiga, stranded on Birling arr Bocks, on the morning of the 8th anuary. On the following morning three f her crew left in the ship's boat, andreached the shore, five others were rescued by...