Whitby, Yorkshire.—When the life- boat reached harbour at 8.15 on the morning of the 7th of May, 1949, with the fishing-boat Prosperity and the yacht Red Rover, she was told by the coastguard that three other local fishing boats were...
RNLI supporter and competitive sailor Sir Ben Ainslie (left) takes to the water at Portsmouth this month with his British Challenger, Land Rover BAR, as part of his mission to win the 2017 America’s Cup with his Great Britain crew. And...
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Brothers and stations unite When Red Bay lifeboat crew were paged, there was no immediate threat to life for the couple on the yacht, Chtoe. Yet at Red Bay station brothers Tom and Paddy McLaughlin remember thinking: 'It was blowing a...
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 8.34 P.M.
on the 20th March, 1939, the R.N.
Shore Signal Station reported that rockets had been seen at Warden Point, coming from the Nore and Mouse...
(above) Round Tablers and their families aboard theNewhaven HfeboatLouis Marchesi of Round Table which their President, Roderick Burn, handed over to Captain J. B.
Leworthy, a member of the Committee of Management, at the... - View image in PDF
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During a thick fog, a strong W.S.W. breeze, and a rough sea on the night of the 16th February, the s.s. AMI, of Bilbao, stranded about two and a half miles to the westward of Clovelly and the crew took to the ship's boats. The steamer...
Broken rudder THE HONORARY SECRETARY of Moelfre lifeboat station was informed by Holyhead Coastguard at 0845 on Sunday September 21, 1980, that the yacht July Morn had reported that she was in difficulties, her rudder broken, 100 yards off...
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Once more the Institution's drama group, The Grosvenor Circle, is to enter Westminster Drama Festival in November. Last year was the first time the group entered the festival, and it was a successful effort by all. This year's entry,...
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