AT a number of places round the coast wreaths were cast on the sea on llth November, in memory of men who lost their lives at sea during the war.
At Southwold, Suffolk, following the service in the parish church, the Mayor...
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Atlantic rescues two boys cut off by the tide Framed Letters of Appreciation signed by the Institution's Chairman have been sent to Helmsman Michael Picknett and crew members Michael Hoyle, Barry Knaggs and Gordon Young following a...
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Seaham, Durham.—At 3.42 on the afternoon of the 17th of August, 1954, the coastguard reported that the fish- ing boat Jean Horsley, which had a crew of five, had broken down off Crimdon, about eight miles south of Seaham. At four o'clock...
Caister, Norfolk.—At 4.38 on the morning of the 7th of August, 1955, the life-boat motor mechanic saw flares on the North Scroby Sand. At 5.10 the life-boat Jose Neville was launched.
There was a ground swell and a light...
On the llth December, 1932, the 4,920- ton steamer Pauline, of Panama, came to anchor in a very dangerous position in Tramore Bay. She was bound, light, from Glasgow to Barry, but had had engine trouble when near Holyhead, become...
Birthday Honours Knights Bachelor John Henry Loveridge, CBE, Bailiff of Guernsey. Sir John is vice-president of the Guernsey branch.
QBE Roy Ernest Bailhache, Jurat, Royal Court of Jersey. Jurat Bailhache is chairman of the...
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MEN ON THE ROCKS Torbay, Devon. At 4.19 p.m. on i6th January, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that two men were in the sea off Durl Head. There was a strong east-north-easterly breeze with a rough sea. The tide was flooding....
At 7.39 p.m. on 7th June, 1966, a message was received that two boys had fallen over the cliff at South Stack and that it was doubtful if the coastguards would be able to reach them. The lifeboat St. Cybi (Civil Service No. p) was launched...
THE Life-boat Calendar for 1932 is now ready. It has on it a reproduction in colours of a painting which Mr.
Charles Dixon, R.I., has very kindly done for the Institution called " At the Height of the Storm." It...
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