DECEMBER 19TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. A light had been seen off the coast, thought to be from a ship’s boat, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £14 5s. 6d..
On the 17th July, during a moderate N.N.W. gale and rough sea, information was received that a barque was ashore on the Kentish Knock Sands, with a flag signal flying, which could not be distinguished on account of the rain. The No. 2 Life-...
THE Institution is again issuing a Lifeboat Calendar for the forthcoming year. It feels that there is no better way of keeping the work of the Lifeboat Service continually before the public from the first day of the year to the last, and it...
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Just in time THE STATION HONORARY TREASURER of Stranraer saw a capsized dinghy, her crew in the water, some 300 yards from the shore at 1855 on Wednesday, September 1. He immediately drove to the boathouse where the honorary secretary and...
Shoreham Harbour's 37ft 6in Rather The Davys Family was named by Princess Alexandra (above). - View image in PDF
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The following is the text of the report of the committee appointed by the Board of Trade to consider the question of boats, rafts, and life-saving apparatus carried by sea-going merchant ships: — " Liverpool, 25 October,...
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The motor coble Premier II put to sea, to lift her crab pots, in the early morning of the 11th March. Later the weather became rough, with a strong E.S.E. breeze and a heavy sea, and it was decided to launch the motor life-boat Herbert Joy...
This impressive carnival float—it depicts a 48-foot 6-inch class of life-boat—was a big attraction at the end of last year at the Bridgwater, Somerset, carnival.
It was entered by Mr. D. B. Frost of the Black Horse Inn,... - View image in PDF
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