You could hardly find a more hostile environment for a building, surrounded by water and exposed to the full force of whatever the North Sea can throw at it. The old station and slipway at the pier end here at Cromer is beyond repair and its... - View image in PDF
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Lifeboat quiz answers (from page 18) 1—(a) Aith, Shetlands;(b) Lowestoft, Suffolk; (c) St Helier, Jersey; and (d) Valentia, Co. Kerry.
2—The first lifeboat designed to work under sail was the Frances Ann, built at Lowestoft...
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Jan. 4.—Two men put off in a coastguard boat and rescued the crew of three men of the barge Dewdrop, of Portsmouth, which had foundered in Langston Harbour, Hampshire, in a moderate gale from the S. W. and a rough sea—Reward....
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Bishop Skinner Marine, is offering one lucky boat owner the opportunity to win £500 off their boat insurance policy for a year. To be in with a chance of winning, call Bishop Skinner on 0800 783 8057 or visit bishopskinner.com for a...
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IN our last issue we gave a brief description of the ordinary ship's log, -which has been in use during the last 275 years, and of patent logs also in use for the last half century. In continuation of that article, we have now to...
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D class lifeboats help nearly 600 people to safety from floodingThe sterling efforts of the crews of three North Wales lifeboats during the severe flooding which hit the area in late February 1990 have earned the stations special...
Capsize THE DAY OF TUESDAY AUGUST 26, 1986, dawned at Brighton with gale force winds blowing from the south south west, gusting to force 9 and skies overcast with a slight drizzle. Very heavy seas were running and waves up to 15 feet in...
PLYMOUTH, JULY 19. A brilliant day with the sun beating down on a cluster of white marquees in West Hoe Park, close by the sea; an atmosphere of cheerful expectancy; flags flying; the Royal Marine Band breaking into the gaiety of...
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LANDING AN INJURED MAN Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 1st of June, 1947, a wireless message came from the S.S.
Fort Ellice that she wished to land a man with a broken leg and other injuries. The case was...
IN the new year's honours list appeared three lifeboat names. Commander Philip Vaux, D.S.C., R.N., the late chief inspector of life-boats, was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Mr. John S. Duncan, the honorary secretary...
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