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Brookes & Gatehouse Ltd
Wherever you sail you'll find Brookes & Gatehouse instruments A full complement of Brookes and Gatehouse units comprises: HERON D.F. aerial. HOMER receiver and short-wave converter. HECTA echo sounder. HARRIER combined log and...
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The S.S. Dulwich
FEBRUARY 4TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 4.45 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a doctor was wanted on board the S.S. Dulwich, of London. A gentle breeze was blowing, and the sea was smooth.
It was foggy. The...
Margaret
DECEMBER 1ST. - LLANDUDNO CAERNARVONSHIRE.
At 3 P.M. the coast-guard reported a fishing boat in distress a mile or two west of Great Ormes Head, and the motor life-boat Thomas and Annie Wade Richards was launched at 3.30 P...
The Llaethliw, and Schooner John Stonard, and Brigantine Xanthus
Shortly after 4 o'clock on the afternoon of the 5th December, a signal of distress was seen flying from a schooner at anchor in the bay. The same Life-boat was launched, and proceeded to the vessel, which proved to be the Llaethliw, of...
A Launching Accident
ON August 16th, a Centenary Demon- stration was to be held at Whitby, the Motor Life-boat and one of the Pulling and Sailing Life-boats to be launched, and an exhibition of Life-boat models to be held in the Life-boat House, but it was...
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Fishing Boats (1)
North Sunderland and Holy Island, Northumberland.—Four Beadnell fish- ing boats were overtaken by bad weather on the morning of the 30th October and made for home. The pulling and sailing life-boat Lizzie Porter was hauled on her carriage to...
A Tender
Moelfre, Anglesey. At three o'clock on the afternoon of the 16th of Septem- ber, 1960, the honorary secretary was informed that a tender engaged on diving operations had dragged her anchor in Benllech Bay. One engine had stopped and...
Goldeve
Newhaven, Sussex.—At 8.10 in the evening of the 17th of March, 1948, information was received from the har- bour watch-house that a vessel was burning red flares, south of Newhaven Breakwater, and at 8.25 the motor life-boat Cecil and Lilian...
Our Confidence
Flamborough, Yorkshire. At 3.45 on the afternoon of the 29th of October, 1958, a message was received from a local fisherman that the fishing boat Our Confidence of Bridlington needed help six miles north-east of Flam- borough Head. The...
H.M. Submarine Undine
Penlee, Cornwall. At 10.15 on the morning of the 19th of May, 1960, a message was received that there was a sick German seaman on board H.M.
submarine Undine and that a request had been made for the life-boat to land him....