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Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 10.50 on the evening of the 9th of March, 1960, the life-boat Julia Park Barry of Glasgow was launched at high water to go to the help of the local fishing vessel Anima- tion, which was in difficulties south of...
Rally
Selsey, Sussex.—The motor life-boat Canadian Pacific was launched at 2 P.M.
on the 20th April, as the coastguard had telephoned that two fishing boats were at sea. A south gale was blowing, with a choppy sea. One boat came...
Minerva
A quarter of an hour later on the same day the honorary secretary saw a boat at the harbour entrance which appeared to be in difficulties. As there was a fog and the honorary secretary was unsure of the boat's movements, inshore rescue...
Baleful
DINGHY CAPSIZED Ramsgate, Kent. At 7.10 p.m. on 23rd April, 1964, the east pier watchman informed the coxswain that a dinghy had capsized off the Quern buoy and was drifting towards the Brake buoy with two people on board. At 7.20 the...
A Motor Fishing Vessel
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.—At 3.40 on the afternoon of the 28th of October, 1954, the film unit at Fishguard mak- ing the film Moby Dick reported that a dummy whale being used for the film had broken away from the tug towing it. The film...
Galata
YACHT BREAKS FROM MOORINGS Beaumaris, Anglesey. At mid-day on Monday the 26th August, 1963, the yacht Galata broke away from her moorings off Beaumaris. A near gale was blowing from the south-west and there was a rough sea. The life-boat...
Picton
MARGATE.—On the llth February a strong gale was experienced here, the wind blowing from S.S.W. accompanied by a heavy sea and thiek weather, with rain and snow. At 1.50 A.M. the Coastguard reported that the Tongue Lightvessel was firing...
Charlotte and Flora
About 6.30 A.M. on the 20th February signals of distress were shown by some vessels at anchor in the roads. A heavy gale was blowing from the N.W. The Life-boat was launched, and boarded, first of all, the three-masted schooner Charlotte,...
Fibre-Glass Dory
The standard hull of the Dell Quay dory, referred to on page 464, has been used in the R.N.L.I.'s new experimental boat, but it has been strengthened to enable it to take the steering console.
The hull is of composite...
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Listings, London Boat Show, ACM, APA
Boat Show benefits! There will be plenty to see for RNLI supporters at the 2006 London Boat Show, which includes a day dedicated to the RNLI The show runs from 6-15 January 2006 at the ExCel exhibition centre in Docklands and the RNLI is...
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