The Thomas Wilson life-boat at Whitburn was the means of saving the crew of 6 men of the brig Jenny, of Whitby, which became a total wreck on Cape Kerr Point, off Whitburn ..
5th February. Signals reported at sea, but search revealed nothing. The signals were probably occulting lights marking the channel in the Ribble estuary.—Rewards, £8 17s. 9d..
Runswick, Yorkshire.—22nd October, 1937. A steamer had run ashore at Kettleness Point, but got off unaided and went on her way.—Rewards, £30 7s..
THE portrait on the cover is of Second Coxswain Cuthbert Cornall, of Black- pool, who was appointed at the begin- ning of 1917..
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Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire. — At 7.33 on the evening of the 15th of May, 1951, the coastguard reported a fishing boat burning flares off Caernarvon Bar.
At 8.0 the life-boat Charles Henry Ashley was launched. There was...
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At four o'clock on the afternoon of the 27th of July, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was burning red flares four miles off Mil- ford-on-sea. The life-boat John...
Workington, Cumberland. — At nine o'clock on the morning of the 20th of November, 1956, a message was received from the master of the Nor- wegian vessel Varangbcrg that he had taken the motor vessel Kind Knight, with a crew of four, in...
Fig. 3: Buoyancy air cases, each shaped to fit and marked with its position, are taken out when opening up the hull for examination at partial and complete survey . . .. - View image in PDF
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Life-boat 70-001. Bristol Channel - At 6.35 p.m. on the zyth July, 1967, the coxswain intercepted a message from Ilfracombe radio to the yacht Vincente which had requested assistance. The lifeboat Charles H. Barrett (Civil Service...
Members of the Royal Artillery Band, with Peter Holness and Anthony Oliver at Headquarters, draw the winning tickets for the 55th National Lottery.. - View image in PDF
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