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The Newhaven lifeboat Cecil and Lilian Philpott after being rammed amidships by HM trawler Avanturine in a gale on the night of November 23, 1940.. - View image in PDF
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TORQUAY.—At 11 A.M. on the 14th October it was reported that the fishing smack Black Cat, of Paignton, was hanging on to her nets, in great danger,' off that place, having been in that positionsince the commencement of the gale, which...
THE series of Exhibitions held in London during the last few years would certainly have been incomplete without one to illustrate the history, development and progress of the Navy. Such an under- taking could not fail to enlist public...
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Kipling in the Borders On Saturday March 9 The Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh kindly allowed their home, Floors Castle in the Borders, to be the magnificent setting for a Kipling evening organised by the Honourable Mrs Henry Douglas-Home and...
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Fred and Buster, safe after their ordeal on the frozen lake behind them. (Photo Mercury Press). - View image in PDF
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IT would probably savour of exaggeration to assert that this Exhibition is entitled to the first place in the long roll of similar undertakings, of which the Exhibition of 1851 was the grand beginning; but history will give it a high place...
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THE PROTOTYPE of a new lifeboat to bridge the gap between the smaller offshore lifeboats and the Atlantic 21 ILB is under construction. Among the requirements for the new boat listed by the RNLI's Executive Committee were that it should...
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NOVEMBER 29TH. - KILLYBEGS, CO. DONEGAL. A report had been received that a Flying Fortress aeroplane had come down as she was short of fuel, but she reached her base. - Rewards, £6 13s..
The bar- quentine Erik Ojessen, of Skudescae, whilst bound from Haugesund to Leith in ballast, stranded about two and a half miles south of Newburgh on the 29th October. A moderate S.E. breeze was blowing at the time, but the sea j was very...