Destined for life-boat stations all over the U.K., the first ever delivery of Martell cognac was recently received at the R.N.L.I. Depot at Borehamwood, Herts. Taken in the depot's rigging loft, the picture shows (left to right)... - View image in PDF
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Gold Medal crew 1942: (I. to r.) Coxswain Lieut. W. H. Bennison, Motor Mechanic H. W.
Jefferson, Acting Second Coxswain T. Gilchrist, Assistant Mechanic R. Horsley, Crew Members S. Reay and H. Pearson, Emergency Mechanic E.... - View image in PDF
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EACH YEAR since 1905, except in wartime, the annual National Service for Seafarers has been held in St Paul's Cathedral, in the City of London, to celebrate the unity of calling of all those who use the sea. At the 1981 service, held on...
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THIS year's competition, tie fifth to be held, proved, on the whole, still more successful than last year's, when the competition was revived after an inter- val of three years.
Nine hundred and forty-seven schools...
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(Right) Relief shows on the face of a Russian seaman as he is helped ashore at Lerwick.. - View image in PDF
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By Captain STENISBERG, Secretary of the Svenska Sällskabet För Räddning Af Skeppsbrutne...
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WE KNOW ABOUT THE SEA HERE and we have the books to prove it! DEVON as your introduction to the Maritime Book Society worth up to £20 or more at publishers' prices! rnrnrn x oks numbers j J I 1 [__ I would like to join the...
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Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire 54ft Arun: October 26 and 27 D class inflatable: October 10 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic21: August 19 (twice). 21. 22.
25, 27, 28 (twice) and 30 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlanlic21: August 1.4.9,29.31...
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HAUXLEY, NORTHUMBERLAND. — Two men returning from work early on the morning of the 15th March, 1890, saw the lights of a steamer ashore on the Bondicarr Beef. A strong S. wind was blowing, there was a heavy swell, and the weather was hazy....
Roll out the barrel! That is exactly what eight customers of the Hare and Hounds pub at Dore, near Sheffield did.
The eight, working in pairs, pushed a 36-gallon beer barrel filled with water from the pub to Whitby lifeboat... - View image in PDF
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