THE subject of Anchors is one of such vast importance to the Life-boat Service, and of so deep an interest to the whole sea-faring community, that it is felt that the able Paper, entitled "Anchors: Old Forms and Recent...
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ST. IVES, CORNWALL.—On the 18th January a heavy N.E. gale was experienced here, accompanied by snow. During the height of the storm the crew of the Life-boat Exeter, in response to signals, launched their boat to the help1 of the crew of a...
BROOKE, ISLE OF WIGHT.—At about 2.30 .A.M. on the 17th January a vessel was sighted coming into the bay.
The weather was foggy, the sea rough and a strong breeze was blowing from the S.S.W. At 3 o'clock she sent up...
HOLY ISLAND.—On the night of the 6th November a tar barrel was seen burning near the shore opposite Ross Links. The wind was blowing •with, almost hurricane force from S. by E., rain and sleet were falling, and the night was intensely...
About 10 P.M. on the 15th January, the Coast- guard watchman reported that a steamer was blowing her whistle apparently close to the shore. The weather was thick at the time and nothing could be seen, but on the fog lifting a little a...
At about midnight on the 8-9th February the district police constable roused the coxswain of the Life-boat Mary Andrew, and reported that a vessel was ashore south of Bondicar and making distress signals. The crew were assembled and the boat...
Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire. — In the early morning of the 21st of July, 1948, the yacht Goodewind, of Leith, was reported by the coastguard to be dragging her anchors in the bay, but she picked up moorings and seemed to be safe. The...
THE LIZARD, CADGWITH, COVERACK, and PORTHLEVEN, CORNWALL.—A disas- ter of such magnitude as seldom occurs on the coast of the United Kingdom took place off Cornwall on the night of the 17th March. Thanks to the prompt action of the...
The first Life-boat service rendered this year was that per- formed on the morning of the 1st January last, by the Life-boat Fair Maid of Perth, placed on this station a few months pre- viously ; and it was also the first occasion the boat...
Humber: The 100-year-old, 86ft gaff-rigged ketch, William McCann, had run aground at Donna Nook on the night of Saturday November 17, 1984. Her II passengers were lifted off during the night by helicopter while Humber's 54ft Arun class... - View image in PDF
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