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A Dinghy (3)
MAN TAKEN OFF MOORING BUOY Holyhead, Anglesey. At 10.5 on the night of the 24th June, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small dinghy with a man on board was drifting across Holyhead harbour.
On...
Thelma
BARGE SINKING IN THE THAMES Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 8 o'clock on the night of the 7th of January, 1948, the coastguard reported that a barge, from which they had rescued a woman, was drifting away from the pier and sinking, and her...
Life-Boat Inns
A NEW inn at Caister, Norfolk, is to be named "Never Turn Back." This name commemorates a disaster and one of the most memorable sayings in the history of the Life-boat Service.
The disaster occurred on the 13th...
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Andola
PORTHOUSTOCK, CORNWALL.—The Lifeboat Charlotte was launched at 8.15 P.M.
on the 30th January in a heavy sea, the wind blowing a strong gale from N.E.
and the weather bitterly cold, a large vessel having...
A R.A.F. Helicopter
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, and Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk - At 8 p.m. on 22nd June, 1967, it was learned that a R.A.F. helicopter had crashed about half a mile south of the life-boat station. The life-boat The Royal Thames was launched at...
A Ship Annie E Hooper, of Baltimore U.S
On the 20th October the Lytham life-boat again rendered a very important service. The American ship Annie E. Hooper, of Balti- more, U.S., 1,140 tons burden, with a crew of 18 men, and a cargo of wheat, flour, and tobacco, stranded on the...
Mermaid Marine Engines Ltd
engines where complete reliability under arduous conditions is essential to human life.the RNLI specify MERMAID marine engines.
MERMAID quality and reliability is also specified by Boatbuilders worldwide who take pride in...
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Mermaid Marine Engines Limited
engines wftere complete reliability under arduous conditions is essential to human life,the RNLI specify MERMAID marine engines.
MERMAID quality and reliability is also specified by Boatbuilders worldwide who take pride in...
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Black Sue and Atlanta
Howth, Co. Dublin - At 11.48 p.m.
on loth June, 1966, a yacht was reported in difficulties between Portrane and Lambay. There was a gentle north easterly breeze with a corresponding sea.
The life-boat...
Portrait of a Coxswain
COXSWAIN THOMAS EDWIN DOUGLAS is seen above. He has been coxswain of the Holy Island life-boat since ist October, 1961, and previously served from January, 1945, as second coxswain. The Holy Island life-boat has been launched on service 39... - View image in PDF
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