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Again, on the 13th April a brigantine, which proved to be the Florence, of Annapolis, Nova Scotia, with a cargo of salt, was observed with a flag of dis- tress flying, grounded on the Long Bank, about six miles from the entrance to Wex- ford...
BY the death on 4th August last of Captain T. Fitzgibbon McCombie, M.B.E., the honorary representative in Dublin of the Royal Humane Society, passed away, at the age of 82, a man who, though he was not a life-boatman, had the rare...
Category: Obituaries
WHEN the character of the services performed by the life-boats, and the dangers and diffi- culties which they have to encounter, are taken into consideration, it is rather matter for astonishment that they do not frequently fail in effecting...
Category: Articles
On the 26th Oc- tober, 1859, the schooner Majestic, of Dun- dee, ran for the harbour of Benvick-on- Tweed, it blowing a heavy gale at that time from the N.E. She succeeded in crossing the bar, but drove ashore on Spittal Point. The life-boat...
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Brave little Mablethorpe, Fair little Mablethorpe, Haven of rest for the young and the old; Where, in the summertime, Silver seas lazily Bipple o'er sands of a glittering gold.II.
England is proud...
Category: Poetry
On the 8th February, this valuable life-boat went off again, and rendered the following very gallant service. The sloop Telegraph, of Sunderland, bound to London, with a cargo of bottles, was riding in Yar- mouth Roads, when she parted from...
One of the attractions of Yeovil and district branch's stand at Yeovil Festival of Transport was a radio controlled model Waveney lifeboat built by John King, chairman of the branch. Visitors to the show were invited to sink a saucer... - View image in PDF
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DURING March, life-boats went out on service 45 times and rescued 10 lives.
A LISTING TANKER New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 7.18 on the night of the 1st of March, 1951, the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board tele- phoned that the S...
Category: Services
At day- light on the 20th December a vessel, which proved to be the schooner Champion, of Liverpool, timber laden, was observed off the Scarweather Sands, with mainmast gone and signals of distress flying, it blowing a strong gale from N. W....