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s o m e r e c e n t p u b l i c a t i o n s r e v i e w e d SHIPWRECK! by Ian Dear Published by Batsford at £17.95 ISBN 0713459530 Ian Dear has collected an interesting, if chilling, collection of photographs to illustrate his theme of...
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7. Two Visitors to Cowes Take the Opportunity for a Well-Earned Sit-Down!
1. Two visitors to Cowes take the opportunity for a well-earned sit-down! Photo Bob Kennovtn. - View image in PDF
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A Small Boat (3)
Anglesey.—27th July.
Searched unsuccessfully for a small boat the only occupant of which, Captain Owen Jones, a Gold Medallist of the Institution, was drowned. (See Obi- tuary, page 604.)—Rewards, £5 5s. 6d..
H.R.H. The Duke of Kent
Naming the Weston-super-Mare motor life-boat. With the Duke (left to right) are Mr. E. J.
McKaig, honorary secretary of the station, the Marquess of Bath, and the chief inspector of life-boats.
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Category: Photographs
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain Sidney Harry Bartlett Page, of Southend- on-Sea. He has been coxswain for nearly fifteen years, has taken part in the rescue of over 300 lives, and has won the Institution's silver medal for...
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"There Was No Panic Among the Passengers."
On board the ketch Mystery, of Glasgow, which was towed to safety by the Weston-super-Mare motor life-boat on 9th December, 1937, with a man, his wife and baby on board. - View image in PDF
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A Rescue at Southend-On-Sea
The sinking lighter Elmsdale is on the right. The one man on board had taken to a small boat. It can be seen, nearly full of water, ahead of the life-boat. - View image in PDF
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Arantzaza-Mendi
Cloughey, Co. Down.—On the 17th June, 1939, a salvage party, eleven in number, was rescued from the Spanish steamer Arantzaza-Mendi which had gone ashore on the 9th May.—Rewards, silver and bronze medals and monetary awards amounting to...
A Barge
On the evening of the 4th of October, 1960, the Dunmore East life-boat rescued the only man on board a barge. For this service, a full account of which appears on page 5, Cox- swain Patrick Power was awarded a second clasp to his bronze...
When a Child Became Sick Aboard the Educational Cruise Ship Dunera In July, 1966, She Altered Course to Rendezvous With the Lowestoft Life-Boat Three Miles Off The Coast
When a child became sick aboard the educational cruise ship Dunera in July, 1966, she altered course to rendezvous with the Lowestoft life-boat three miles off the coast. - View image in PDF
The service is reported on page 247.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs