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In Memory of Dunkirk.
At the request of the vicar of St. George's Church, Ramsgate, the flag of the Ramsgate life-boat, which brought off 2,800 men of the B.E F. from Dunkirk, has been presented to the church. It has been consecrated and it will hang in the...
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Oberon of Liverpool
On the 1st of April the barque Oberon, of Liverpool, ran ashore on the Causeway Bank in Cardigan Bay. She was seen from Portmadoc, and a large boat was also observed at a great distance from the land, apparently full of people. The Portmadoc...
Neptunas, of Soon, Norway
Excellent ser- vice was performed by the Life-boat on this station on. the 16th August. About five o'clock on the rooming of that day, during a very heavy gale, with a rough sea, the barque Neptunus, of Soon, Norway, drove ashore in...
Theodorus, of Liverpool
On the 30th October, during a gale from W.N.W., the schooner Theodorus, of Liverpool, was stranded on the north-west end of the Salt- house Bank. The Robert William life-boat put out and brought ashore 12 of the crew.
The...
Catherine,of Amlwch
On the 25th. Jan. this Life-boat pro- ceeded to the assistance of the schooner Catherine, of Amlwch, which was wrecked on the Breakwater in a southerly gale, and brought on shore from her 3 persons.
Victorian photographer’s art of glass
In a nod to his craft’s Victorian heritage, one Newcastle-based photographer is visiting every lifeboat station with his 110-year-old camera and glass plate technology.
Using a former NHS ambulance as a mobile darkroom,...
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The Women of Staithes In Their Traditional Bonnets Manning the Raffle Stall During the Harbour Fete Organised By Runswick and Staithes Branch Among the Highlights W
The women ofStaithes in their traditional bonnets manning the raffle stall during the harbour fete organised by Runswick and Staithes branch. Among the highlights were lifeboat displays and the weekend ended with a thanksgiving service. More... - View image in PDF
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H.R.H. The Duchess of Gloucester Presents a Bronze Medal
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester Presents A Bronze Medal The Recipient Is Coxswain Roland Moore of Barrow. - View image in PDF
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Chief Dimensions of Some Life-Boats Recently Built Or Building In Connexion With the Shipwreck Institution
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Duke of Normandy
St. Helier, Jersey-At io.2ia.m. on 8th March, 1966, the duty harbour officer received a Mayday message via Jersey radio from the tug Duke of Normandy saying that she had struck a rock near Les Vascelius on the Les Minquiers reef. The...