The Bird of Dawning
by John Masefield
Review by
Carol Waterkeyn
The Bird of Dawning is a classic from 1933, recently republished by the National Maritime Museum with an introduction...
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Four Signed Maritime Fine Art Prints • BY MICHAEL JAMES WHITEH AND THE CHANNEL FLEET The might of the Channel Fleet sailing for battle against the French.
THE FRIGATES VICTORY NEWS Homeward bound, the swift and strong...
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'Sprite', the lifeboat's mascot (provided by Osbornes for all lifeboats built by the yard) watches over the inside steering position with its engine controls and electronics.. - View image in PDF
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AUGUST 11TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. At 5.45 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that an aeroplane was down half a mile from the coastguard station, and that the crew had baled out. She was a Halifax.
Twenty-five minutes...
"THE British seaman, though, he might be better, has not grown worse, and is plentiful enough for the requirements of trade." "No case is made out for the inter- ference of Government to increase the number, or improve the...
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IN the course of a year the R.N.L.I. receives hundreds of letters and drawings from children in praise of the life-boat service. Quite a few of the writers send donations to the Institution, and from time to time extracts from their letters...
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WHITBY MEMORIES
I’ve just read the article ‘Happy birthday, Frammy!’ (Lifeboat, summer 2018). I was born at Whitby in the
1920s and one of my first recollections is watching the crew of the lifeboat trying to...
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LIST OF OFFICERS.
PRESIDENT.
Capt. H.R.H. The DUKE OF YORK, R.N., K.G.
PRESIDENT OP THE LADIES' AUXILIARIES—H.E.H. The DUCHESS OF YORK.
CENTRAL...
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He's spent 26 years living on the UK's best-known street- but, this father and lifeboat station volunteer is as much about water as he is soap
You've been on...
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Important Notice.
Owing to the continued extraordinarily high cost of all printing, and the need for economy in view of the large capital expenditure with which the Institution is at present faced, THE LIFE-BOAT will not...
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