Walton and Frinton, Essex - At 3.10 p.m. on gth August, 1966, a small yacht was reported to have capsized between the lookout and Walton pier. The lifeboat Edian Courtauld left her moorings at3.24 in a moderate to fresh south westerly wind...
Newhaven and Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—Early in the morning of the 30th May, 1938, fishermen reported to the Newhaven life-boat station that the fishing smack Maggie, of Shoreham, was long overdue. A strong S.W. gale was blowing, with a...
MEMBERS of the Institution's staff who retired in 1964 after more than 15 years' service were: Mr. B. Rickard, 40years; Mrs. F. E. Johnson (Miss Tolley), 39 years; Mr.
W. L. Cook, 36 years; Mr. C. T. Hornabrook, 34...
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Medieval jousting was just one of the displays in 'Fix a Day Out' on Saturday July 8 at Sutton Place, Guildford. Jimmy Savile was there and the proceeds of the day, £1,200, were shared equally between the Royal Marines and the... - View image in PDF
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Close to Mount Cook, New Zealand, stands a R.N.L.I. collecting box framed by a life-belt.
It has been placed there by Mr. Duncan Darroch, a landscape artist who has a cabin nearby.
Considerable sums... - View image in PDF
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Fig. 4: (Below right) Looking into fore end box. Foredeck laminated mahogany curved deck beams are in place.. - View image in PDF
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Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 2.50 on the afternoon of the 30th of July, 1955, a man who had just come in from sea in his fishing boat told the life-boat coxswain that he had seen a yacht aground near the West Gunfleet buoy, but that he had been...
ST. DAVID'S, PEMBROKESHIRE.—On the 15th October, at about 1 P.M., the Augusta Life-boat was launched, it having been reported that the brigantine Messenger, of Exeter, bound from Teignmotzth to Buncorn with a cargo of clay, had had all...
North Sunderland, and Holy Island, Northumberland. — At 10.10 on the morning of the 15th of February, 1951, several local fishing boats were seen in difficulties making for North Sun- derland harbour in a heavy swell and a light easterly...
OCT. 5TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
Information was received that the small fishing boats of Fraserburgh, Violet, Promote II, Boy George, Union, and Victory, had put out at 2.30 P.M. but had not returned by 6.40 P.M.,...