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Scene Off Torquay on 7Th December, 1959,
Scene off Torquay on 7th December, 1959, when bad weather compelled a tug to keep three barges under tow in order to hold them off the lee shore.
Two of the barges appear close together—the third one, far right, which was... - View image in PDF
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Magic
In response to three guns fired from the Gorton lightship the Lowestoft Life-boat was also launched at about 9 A.M. on the 17th December and was towed out by the tug Rainbow. The wind was blowing half a gale from the N.E. accompanied by a...
Above: Attaching the Inflatable Tubes
Above: Attaching the inflatable tubes to the Atlantic 21 hull. Surprisingly perhaps, the service life of tubes tends to be greater than that of the hull. Below: The Atlantic 21 in action - Southend-on-Sea's Percy Garon II. Photo A.... - View image in PDF
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Coxswain Jack Sugrue and District Inspector H Ackworth
Coxswain Jack Sugrue and District Inspector H Ackworth at sea off Valentia, 20 December 1960. - View image in PDF
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Malpad Belle
At 12.15 A.M.
on the 8th January information was received that the master of the barquen- tine Malpas Belle, of Truro, which had been beached during the previous day at Littlestone in a leaking condition, had remained on...
Splendid, of Dublin
On the 12th Sept., during a strong gale of wind, the schooner Splendid, of Dublin, was seen making for Howth harbour in a disabled condition, with her mainsail blown to pieces. She afterwards anchored in a dangerous position near the...
Lizzie
RAMSGATE.—Signal guns having been fired by the Gull light-ship on the 24th June, the Bradford Life-boat went out at 3.30 A.M., and proceeded to the Goodwin Sands, where the schooner Lizzie, of Fleetwood, coal laden, was stranded.The...
Favourite and Enterprise
FRASERBURGH.—During a terrific gale from the N.W. and a heavy sea on the17th December, the ketch Favourite, of Sunderland, was observed at about 10 o'clock in the morning running towards Praserburgh from the Moray Firth with sails spent....
The Screw Steamer Benjamin Whitworth, of Middlesborough
On the 14th November both the Life- boats on the Caister station, as well as the Yarmouth No. 1 Life-boat, the Mark Lane, went off to the assistance of the screw-steamer Benjamin Whitworth, of Middlesborough, which had grounded on the Cross...
Mercury
The pilot-cutter Providence arrived at Harwich on the 3rd March flying signals denoting that the Life-boat was required.
The steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland, with the reserve Life-boat in tow, promptly went out, and...