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Jewel

Date: March 1965

Volume: 38

Issue: 411

DRIFTING SLOOP Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 2.55 p.m. on 3ist October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was firing red flares one mile east of Worthing pier. The sea was choppy with a gentle breeze from the east....

Leven

Date: February 1875

Volume: 09

Issue: 95

The Robert William Life- boat went out in a heavy N.W. gale on the 20th October, and rescued the crew of the sloop Leven, of Euncorn, totally lost off the port. The sea was breaking heavily over the wreck when the Life-boat reached her..<...

Havlyn

Date: March 1966

Volume: 39

Issue: 415

Holyhead, Anglesey. At 10.26 a.m.

on 2yth November, 1965, the honorary secretary heard that the Norwegian motor vessel Havlyn was in need of assistance, having a forty-five degree list nine miles from the South Stack...

Martell Cognac

Date: Summer 1995

Volume: 54

Issue: 533

The spirit of Tradition Michel Martell, the seventh generation of the Martell family to head this prestigious company, founded in 1715, was in England when the announcement was made to phase out the traditional Naval rum ration in 1970. This...

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Isabella

Date: December 1953

Volume: 33

Issue: 366

Filey, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 15th of September, 1953, the local fishing coble Isabella put to sea with a crew of three to work her crab pots near Brig buoy. The weather was bad, and at 10.50 it was decided to launch the...

Antaeus

Date: Summer 1990

Volume: 51

Issue: 513

The RNLI's chief of operations has written to the St Helier lifeboat station expressing thanks for the way in which the crew of the station's new Tyne class lifeboat Alexander Coutanche handled a service during the storm of 25...

A Catamaran

Date: September 1965

Volume: 38

Issue: 413

LAUNCHED AGAIN At 3.10 on ryth April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a catamaran had capsized two miles south-east of the life-boathouse. The life-boat Watkin Williams was launched at 3.16 in a south-westerly wind...

Percy and Elizabeth Blunden

Date: Autumn 1984

Volume: 49

Issue: 490

Percy and Elizabeth Blunden opened their garden to the public at Keepers Cottage, Lindfield, West Sussex, last July. It was a beautiful day and their magnificent garden was looking its best for the 597 people who came to enjoy it and the... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Imperial

Date: September 1956

Volume: 34

Issue: 377

Stronsay, Orkneys.—At 9.50 on the morning of the 14th of May. 1956, the master of the S.S. Earl Tkorpin re- ported to the honorary secretary that a Mayday distress signal had been broadcast by Wick radio station. The Kirkwall coastguard...

Designed to Be As Tough As It Takes!

Date: Autumn 2001

Volume: 58

Issue: 558

Designed To Be As Tough As It Takes!. - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs