BRIGHSTONE GRANGE, ISLE OF WIGHT.— The Worcester Cadet Life-boat was launched at 8.20 P.M. on the 3rd January, 1884, signal guns of distress having been heard in the direction of the " Atherfield Ledge" rocks during a thick fog and...
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Gala brings history alive Two stars of the popular television series Heartbeat, helped draw the crowds at Whitby's lifeboat gala, over the weekend of the 29 and 30 July, when they performed a champagne launch on the town's restored...
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Two private individuals who put out in a boat from a Cornish village after some people had been washed over the harbour wall have both been accorded the thanks of the R.N.L.I. inscribed on vellum. They are Mr. Terence Sawyer and Mr. Frank...
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A FEW days after the British Isles have been visited by one of the most destructive storms on record, it may not be inappro- priate to call attention to the last issue of the Wreck Register. Its pages clearly show that, along with the...
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CAISTER, NORFOLK.—The large Life- boat on this station, having become through frequent use, unfit for further service, has been replaced by a new boat, which, like the one it superseded, has been named the Covent Garden, in acknow- ledgement...
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Stromness.
About 4 on the morning of the 14th February three messengers from different houses in Invertown brought the Honorary Secretary the news that a steamer, which was found afterwards to be the trawler Carmania II.,...
The RNLI's Rescue Survey - where people who have been rescued are given the opportunity to comment on the circumstances - is producing useful information both for the lifeboat service and for passing on as part of the Sea Safety...
Sailing loan interest rates reduced for Shoreline members Now, as a Shoreline member, you're in a privileged position when it comes to financing your sailing.
Shoreline Sailing Loans are available to members from...
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THIS is the story of the Blackpool Life- boat Band, which is very proud of being the only Life-boat Band in the world.
Blackpool was a very different place forty-two years ago from the popular seaside resort of to-day, and...
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The equipment in everyday use aboard a lifeboat has developed to the point where it has evolved its own jargon, almost as arcane as the language of the sea itself. In this, the first of an occasional series on the technicalities of lifeboats...
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