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Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
REDCAR AND MIDDLESBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE.
—The Redcar life-boat men having refused to work their boat, as they considered it was not large enough, a larger and more roomy life-boat has been supplied to them in its place. It is...
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Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
WICKLOW, IRELAND.—A branch of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has been recently founded at Wicklow, and a life-boat on Mr. BEECHING'S prize model modified in correspondence with the boats on the Institution's plan has been...
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A Boat, a Pilot Cutter and Magnet
LIFE-BOAT ESCORT Tynemouth, Northumberland. At 12.2 p.m. on 27th December, 1964, a number of the life-boat crew and helpers at the watch-house saw a red flare being fired by a small boat fishing at the harbour mouth. The life-boat Tynesider...
The Steamers Coniston Fell and Ribble
SWANSEA.—The Wolverkampton Lifeboat was launched at 9.35 P.M. on the 26th January to the assistance of two steamers, the Coniston Fell, of Liverpool, and the Ribble, of Whitehaven, which had been in collision about half a mile N.E. of...
A Sailboard, PowerBoats and a Yacht
Anticipatory launch ends in eight calls on two lifeboats Eastbourne South East Division Both of Eastbourne's lifeboats were launched in anticipation of problems on 17 July 1988, when freshening conditions on the day of the London to...
Tlemcen, the French Tug Champion and Bhutan
MAY 24TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 4.45 A.M. a message was received from the Deal coastguard that a steamer, with a number of women and children on board, had been bombed by enemy aircraft and was drifting in the South Downs. A light south-west...
The Dutch Motor Vessels Narwal and Hilda
Margate, Kent. At 2.48 early on the morning of the 27th of January, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was ashore on the Kentish Knock sands about eighteen miles north-east of Margate. A south- south-easterly...
A Fishing Boat (4)
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—3rd December, 1937. A fishing boat off Courtown had been reported to be in distress, but no boat in need of help could be found.—Rewards, £6 6*. 6d.
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A Yacht and a Ship's Boat
Twelve Hours in a Whole Gale.
ON August 22nd the Clacton Motor Life-boat was out for over twelve hours in a whole gale with a very heavy sea, and went to the help of two vessels.
The first was a small...