Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 8.22 on the morning of the 22nd of December, 1954, the coastguard rang up to say that a barge was driving towards the boom defence off Shoeburyness. At 8.50 the life-boat Greater London, Civil Service No. 3 was...
NOVEMBER 22ND. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX. At 7.5 in the evening the naval authorities asked for the services of the lifeboat for a patrol boat which was in difficulties near the mouth of the harbour and the motor life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott...
Left: The Britta Oden viewed from the lifeboat I. - View image in PDF
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In her presidential address at the Institution's annual general meeting on 21st March, Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, called attention to the remark- able changes which have taken place during her presidency.
It was...
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On the 14th Nov. the Austrian brig, Tregiste, 333 tons, of Trieste, anchored for shelter, during a terrific gale from the east, under Lambay Island, near Dublin.
On the 15th she had dragged her anchors nearly half way...
The Princess Roval, HRH the Princess Anne meets pupils from the Clerkenwell Parochial School, dressed in authentic Victorian costume, at the launching of the Grace Darling Appeal, intended to raise enough money for a new lifeboat for North... - View image in PDF
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The Life-boat appears again after an absence of just seven years. Its last number was dated April, 1940. In that month Germany invaded Denmark and Norway. At the end of the next month the British Expeditionary Fotce was brought off from the...
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SICK MAN ON A LIGHT-VESSEL Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 11.47 in the morning of January 6th, 1947, a message was received through the coastguard from the Trinity House superintendent, that a keeper aboard the...
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At 10.40 on the morning of the 12th August, 1961, the Inspector of Irish Lights told the honorary secretary that there was a sick man on board the Barrell's lightvessel who needed to be landed. As no...
MAY 3RD. - CROMARTY. At 3 P.M. a message was received from the Seaforth Highlanders Depot at Fort George that theferry boat Tim, running from Fort George to Chanory, with the depot band of twelve men on board, had broken down when half-way...