BROADSTAIRS.—A signal of distress was shown by the ketch Martin Luther, of Cowes, bound from Poole to London, with a cargo of pipeclay, in a gale from W.S.W., and a very heavy sea, on the 2ith March.
She had anchored off...
Faltnouth, Cornwall.—At ten o'clock on the same night a vessel in Falmouth Harbour signalled for help by whistle and rocket, and the motor life-boat Crawford and Constance Conybeare put out. A whole southerly gale was then blowing, with...
SCARBOROUGH.—Two boatmen who were looking out from the Castle Yard, on the morning of the 21st July, observed avessel stranded about three miles N. The weather was thick, no wind was blowing and the sea was moderately rough. The Life-boat...
The four-masted barque Inverness-shire, when coming up channel on the 19th February, in a strong gale and very heavy sea, hoisted signals for assistance when off Totland Bay.
The Life-boat Robert Fleming was promptly...
The RNLI's Open Days on 23 and 24 July were more popular than in any previous year, with more visitors, more displays and more things to see than ever before. With free access to two separate sites accurate estimates of the numbers...
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A NAVY Bomb Disposal team tackles still active wartime relic, caught in the nets of a fishing vessel.
A party of 10 anglers, adrift in their disabled boat, float into the danger area just as the wartime explosive...
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Obituaries With deep regret we record the following deaths: FEBRUARY 1990 Miss Betty Dennis, committee member of Barnstaple branch from 1960 to 1972, when she was elected president until her death. Mrs Dennis was awarded a silver badge in...
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THREE SCALE WORKING MODEL lifeboats meet on the water; each is radio controlled, powered by twin 6v electric motors; each is painted in authentic RNLI colours; and each has been made by a Lifeboat Enthusiast.
The model of...
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At 9.40 A.M. on the 17th December a telephonic message was received, stating that distress sig- nals were being made by the South Goodwin Light-ship, and that a Nor- wegian barque was on the Sands. The Life-boat Mary Homer Hoyle was at once...
The same life-boat also performed a noble service on the 2nd December, in saving at great risk the crew, consisting of 3 men, of the sloop Frances Mary, of Inverkeithing, which vessel became a total wreck on the Eedcar Eocks during a strong...