KINGSTOWN.—On the 30th of September the brig Leonie, of Charlotte-Town, Nova Scotia, mistaking the Vanguard wreck-lightfor the Kish Light, ran into shoal-water off Bray, 7 miles south of Kingstown, where, after daylight, the master anchored...
AT 9.49 on the night of the 19th of September, 1954, the honorary secre- tary of the Exmouth station, Mr.
P. H. C. Butler, was told by the coast- guard that a flashing light had been seen near the Maer Rocks at the approach...
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The' two—and only—members of the Georgian branch, Cliff Jardine, landlord of the George Hotel, Beaconsfield, and his friend Sandy Bailey have raised il,500 for the lifeboat service in two years with dinner-boxing and pro-am golf... - View image in PDF
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Honey', owned by Weymouth's life-boat mechanic, Mr. D. Sargent, once picked up a large collecting box, sat on the quayside with it for a couple of hours, and collected £2 for the R.N.LI. That was the start of the dog's... - View image in PDF
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At midnight on the 30th December the same life-boat put off again, in tow of the steam-tug Aid, in reply to signals of distress from the light-vessel on the Goodwin Sands.
While proceeding to the southward at the back of...
The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of a 34 feet by 7i feet self-righting boat. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view, the shaded part showing that devoted to the air-cases, which give extra buoyancy...
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Heroism and tragedy as ship goes ashore in 50ft breakerswith a 3,000-ton cargo vessel just yards off a rockstrewn coastline, and being driven inexorably ashore by breaking seas almost 50ft high, the crew of the Lerwick lifeboat had just one...
Unsurprisingly, the sea later beckoned and, in 1955, Robert joined the Merchant Navy as a cadet and served as an apprentice, progressing to the role of deck officer (pictured).. - View image in PDF
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Three days later the Life-boat was again called out to assist the s.s. Domino, of Liverpool. This vessel was bound from Liverpool to Copenhagen, and when off Dunnet Head, owing to the prevailing north - westerly gale, her Longhope, Jan. 9th...
The power of the new 17m Severns is evident in this shot of St Peter Port'sSp/r/f of Guernsey dealing with some seas near her Channel Island base, by Brian Green. - View image in PDF
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