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CAISTER.—On the morning of the 23rd February, 1896, the Cockle Light-vessel fired guns and rockets. The Life-boat Covent Garden was taken out of her house, and while she was being launched a coast- guardman arrived and informed the cox-...
Category: Services
Shoreham Harbour lifeboat launched twice during the 48 hours and was at sea 12 hours Photograph by courtesy of the 'Daily Express'. - View image in PDF
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Amble: Regardless of heavy rain, after naming Harold Salvesen, the new 37' 6" Rather class lifeboat, Mrs Salvesen was down on the shore to see her launch.
photograph by courtesy of The Northumberland... - View image in PDF
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St. Peter Port, Guernsey, and St.
Helier, Jersey.—31st July. The air liner Cloud of lona had been reported .overdue, and the motor life-boat Queen Victoria put out and searched all night without success. Shortly after noon...
WINTERTON.—Flares having been reported by the Coast Guard, at about 11 P.M. on the 4th of April, the No. 2 Life-boat, the Husband, was launched, proceeded in the direction in which the signals had been seen, and found there had been a...
Loss of power A GERMAN SHIP, Sunnanhav, broken down eight miles north east of Flamborough Head, was reported to the honorary secretary of Bridlington lifeboat station by HM Coastguard at 0900 on Thursday February 15. She was being...
(Right) 'Queen's Gala', Pitcaple Castle (see above): In the second of six dance scenes portraying the life of Mary Queen of Scots, the young Mary (Julia Moir), in 1548, is rowed out to her ship for France by George Douglas... - View image in PDF
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This magnificent model of an American steam engine of the 1870s was made by Mr E. W.
Sheppard of Sherwood, Nottingham, seen here running the engine for children's rides.
Mr Sheppard turned his hand to... - View image in PDF
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IT IS THE GREAT AMBITION of F0rOya Bjargingarfelag, the Faroese Lifesaving Society, to develop a lifeboat service as an extension to the coast rescue equipment companies it has already established at various strategic points round this...
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