A MEETING of the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Society was held at their offices, Hibernian Chambers, London Bridge, on the 26th February last, His Grace the Duke of MARLBOROUGH, President, in the chair, the following members of...
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DEC. 8 T H . - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 11.15 A.M. a message was received that an explosion had occurred four miles W.S.W. of the North Goodwin Light-vessel. A fresh breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea.
At 11.30 A.M. the...
(A Self-righter 42 ft. x II ft. 6 in., with a 30 h.p. Tylor Engine.). - View image in PDF
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Unmistakable, despite the Tarn o'Shanter disguise, Ronnie Corbett takes the helm of Eyemouth's Waveney class lifeboat which brought him to Eyemouth to open the ladies' guild's first ever gala last August. It was linked to the... - View image in PDF
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MOTOR CRUISER FOUND IN TOW OF SMACK Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 9.45 on the evening of the 9th June, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary of reports that red flares had been seen in the direction of Buxey Sands, and at 10.5 the...
Patron - Her most gracious majesty the Queen.
His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G.
—His GRACE THE DUKE or NORTHUMBERLAND, P.O., D.C.L.
Chairman —THOMAS BARING, Esq., HP., F.B.S...
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ON 29th September, 1925, the trawler Rig, of Ramsgate, was wrecked off Tolpedn, Cornwall, in a thick fog, when returning from a fishing voyage at Swansea. She had nine men on board.
Seven of the nine were rescued from the...
Category: Services
Two fishing cobles put to sea from Filey at 4 A.M. on the 15th November, but became separated in the darkness. One of them returned at 9.30 A.M. and re- ported that the other, the Heather, carrying a crew of three, had not been seen for some...
A service characterised by conspicuous bravery was performed by this Life-boat on the 15th December. At about 8.10 P.M.
a vessel was observed burning flares about five miles due west of Port Patrick, and apparently drifting...