YOUGHAL, Co. CORK.—The William Beckett of Leeds Life-boat was launched at noon on the 15th February to the aid of the barquentine Vidonia, of Bridport, bound from Pernambuco with a cargo of sugar, which had stranded on the bar during a fresh...
OCTOBER 9TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
A small motor coble had been seen making way with difficulty in bad weather, but she reached St. Combes without help. - Rewards, £8 5s. 6d..
CENTURY Life-boat Day was held on 20th May, in nearly eighty of the main boroughs and urban districts of Greater London, and the Institution had the generous help of both the Duke and Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Patron of the Ladies' Life...
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AT the dispersion of the children of Israel in the land of Canaan, it had been predicted by Moses that Zebulon would dwell upon the coast, and suck of the abundance of the seas. Thus the tribe of Zebulon became a purely mercantile and...
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ON 30th May, at Whitby, five boys, from eight to seventeen years of age, were coming into the harbour, just before seven in the evening, in a small pleasure boat. There was a light breeze blowing and the sea was smooth, but there was a swell...
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NOVEMBER 12TH. - FLAMBOROUGH, AND BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE. At 5.30 at night it was reported that the Flamborough motor fishing coble Pioneer, which had been due back at three o’clock, had not returned.
A strong...
The Dutch m.v, RoelofBuisman stranded at Straight Point, Exmouth, on 23rd March, 1968, when the Exmouth life-boat stood by.. - View image in PDF
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NORTH DEAL, KENT • AND FETHARD, Co. WEXFORD.—The Life-boats placed by the Institution on these stations have recently been replaced by new boats— the North Deal boat being a large sail- ing boat of the self-righting type, named the Charles...
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. . . and from Falmoiith: During Her Majesty's visit on August 6, Prince Andrew took the helm (below) when he and Prince Edward went out with Coxswain West in the station boarding boat.
Earlier Coxswain West, one of the... - View image in PDF
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