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Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. — On the night of the 6th August the yacht Mona, of Heswall, bound for the Menai Straits with a crew of three, was seen to be riding at anchor in a dangerous position about a mile out of Llandudno bay. A strong...
Lone surfer saved in_near gale Eastbourne's D class inflatable saved the life of a surfer on 21 June 1997 in conditions which swamped the lifeboat when launching, threw a crew member overboard and needed the all-weather lifeboat to...
A number of Spittal fishing cobles put to sea early on the morning of the 24th March, when a N.E. wind sprang up, with a very heavy sea run- ning on the bar. It was seen that the small craft would have great difficulty in reaching the...
THE Marconi system of wireless tele- graphy aMr. MARCONI is still engaged in further developing this part of his invention, and if he is able to overcome the liability of messages to get into wrong hands or to be otherwise interfered with,...
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POLPEAR, LIZARD.—On the 6th August, the Life-boat Edmund and Fanny was launched at 9 a.m., and proceeded to the four-masted barque Vortigern, of and from London, bound for Calcutta with a cargo of jute. She was found to be safely anchored ia...
At 10.23 on the morning of the 13th of July, 1952, the Margate coastguard reported that a small yacht was ashore on Margate sands about three miles north of the harbour. She had a heavy list and seas were breaking over her. The life-boat...
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SEPTEMBER 20TH. - TORBAY, DEVON.
A north-north-west wind of hurricane force was blowing and the sea was very rough. It was thought advisable for the life-boat to put out, as many yachts, with their crews on board, were at...
During a westerly gale on the 22nd June, the schooner Tankerton Tower, of Faversham, got into a dangerous position near Formby Point. She was bound at the time from Dublin to Liverpool in ballast, and had five men on board.