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Letters
Beach bother In August, when my granddaughter Victoria was on holiday in Dorset, she went with her mum and brother to a beach at Sandbanks, where she recognised some of the members of the lifeguard team from the photo in theLifeboat article...
Category: Correspondence
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MARINE VHP RADIO SCANNER 10 channel communications receiver made exclusively for the maritime VHP frequencies. Manual channel selection or autoscan Volume & Squelch controls, built in speaker, earphone, nicact battery Quartz crystal...
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Floralie (2)
French trawler THE FRENCH TRAWLER Floralie, 30 miles off Trevose Head on a bearing of 287°, reported in the early hours of Friday October 17, 1980, that she had a serious leak and needed immediate assistance. HMS Pollington, 40 miles...
Vernicos Giorgos
Tugs aground ST ANNE'S COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of St David's lifeboat station at 2020 on Sunday October 18, 1981, that the tug Vernicos Giorgos, with two other tugs in tow, had a rope round her propeller and was...
Michael
Force 11 gusting12 HEARING FROM Fishguard Coastguard at 2200 on Monday, January 13, that Michael of Famagusta, whose engine had broken down, was drifting about 18 miles off the entrance to Waterford, Dunmore East honorary secretary gave...
Income and Expenditure—1st Jan. To 31st Dec., 1953
1952 £ s. d, 226,765 8 4 229 10 2 29,963 7 7 10,020 - - 126 18 9 36,986 4 6 12,043 - 11 1,638 - - 2,836 16 1 320,609 603 280 1,867 911 150 3,813 11,978 24,357 39 36,375 38,105 7,130 41,665 987 759 50.543 6 10 9 4 7 18 10 10 14 5 19 12...
Category: Accounts
Bookshelf
Lifeboat station histories The Story of the Dover Lifeboats The Story of the Swanage Lifeboats The Story of the Scarborough Lifeboats by Jeff Morris published by the author Jeff Morris, the Honorary Archivist of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts...
Category: Articles
40-Foot Experimental Life-Boat
A new experimental boat (see page 545) has been built for the Royal National Life-boat Institution with a glass-reinforced plastic (G.R.P.) hull and deck. The hull, which is a standard commercial one, was designed by T.T. Boat Designs Ltd.,...
Category: Articles
Northerly Storm—Spring Tides: a Log of the Night of January 11 and 12 1978 By Michael Pennell
On the night of January 11 and 12, 1978, storm force winds blowing right down the North Sea coinciding with some of the highest tides of the winter resulted in severe flooding and damage down the East Coast of England and in the Thames...
Category: Articles
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