FEBRUARY 19TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT.
An object, looking like a raft flying a flag, had been reported, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £34 17s. 6d..
APRIL 9TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT. The American steamer Solomon Juneau had been torpedoed and one man had been blown overboard, but the life-boat could not find him. - Rewards, £26 6s..
DECEMBER 21ST. - MARGATE, KENT.
The Dutch motor vessel Verba had signalled for a doctor, but it was a pilot that she needed. - Rewards, £10 7s..
The James Michael Bower Endowment Fund was established in 1955 by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company as a memorial to James Michael Bower, late third officer of the s.s. Stratheden, who lost his life in a disaster. Awards...
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With deep regret we record the following deaths: MAY 1995 Sam Baxter MBE, honorary life president of Morecambe & Heysham financial branch.
Serving as honorary secretary of Morecambe lifeboat station from 1967 to 1978...
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On a day when the highest wave ever recorded off the western shores of Ireland tipped 20.4m, Fenit lifeboat crew were called into action
On 13 December 2011, with a violent storm force 11...
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fescue from the Johan Cottett, 5 February 1963 Coxsivain Hubert Tetit, guernsey TheNorwegianmerchantship/o/w iCo et( was 14 miles off LesHanois lighthouse, Guernsey, when her skipper radioed for help; his cargo had shifted and his vessel was...
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Despite being nearly 188 years old, the lifeboat service never stands still
How do you decide where to locate a lifeboat station and what kind of craft should be housed there? That’s the job of...
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A competition open to secondary schoolboys and schoolgirls under the age of sixteen for an essay on the subject of the Life-boat Service was held again last year.
The subject set was: "Why does our country need a...
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