On the 31st July the barge Audrey, of London, with a crew of two, had her sails carried away in the Whitaker channel, while bound from London to Rochford with a cargo of wheat. A moderate to strong S.W. gale was blowing, with a rough sea....
AT a ceremony in the Council Chamber at Fowey, Cornwall, on the 7th of December, 1959, Lieut.-Commander H.
H. Harvey, Western District Inspector, handed the vellum commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the establish-...
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THE Eagle Book of Ships and Boats (Hulton Press, 15/-)., which is excel- lently produced and illustrated, has been published at a most reasonable price. It includes sections on the Royal Navy, the Merchant Navy, safety at sea and sailing....
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Aberdeen.—At 4.53 on the afternoon of the 9th of February, 1953, the Gregness coastguard reported that two fishing vessels were making for Aberdeen, as it was too dangerous to enter Stonehaven Harbour. The No.
1 life-boat...
Hartlepool, Co. Durham.—At 12.45 on the afternoon of the 26th of July, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that the police had reported two boys drifting out to sea in a rubber dinghy off Seaton Carew. The life-boat The Princess Royal...
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 3.59 on the afternoon of the 5th of September, 1957, a message was received from the east pier watch that a yacht was sig- nalling for help off Quern buoy. At 4.8 the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis left her moorings. The...
Newbiggin, Northumberland. At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 22nd of November, 1957, it was reported that all the local fishing boats with the exception of the Jean had landed. As conditions were becoming worse, the life-boat...
Montrose, Angus. At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 5th of March, 1958, Stonehaven radio informed the honor- ary secretary that the fishing boat Angus Rose of Montrose needed help three miles off Montrose as her propeller had been fouled by...
COLONEL THE HON. HAROLD ROBSON has been elected a vice-president of the Royal National Life-boat Institution.
Colonel Robson has been a member of the Committee of Management since 1933. He became vice-chairman of the...
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Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 12.50early on the morning of the 21st of February, 1955, the Medical Officer of Health for Shetland asked if the life-boat would fetch a man from Tingwall, who was suffering from acute appendicitis, as the roads were...