IT is doubtful whether any other life-boat station in the British Isles could claim such a beginning. For the Lytham-St. Anne's station, in Lancashire, which is responsible for a conventional life-boat, an IRB, a tractor and two boarding...
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• Peter Mitchell's book The Wrecker's Guide to South West Devon has been written in response to the demands of the thousands of diving enthusiasts who each year travel to the West Country in search of the wrecks which litter its...
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The chairman of Saintfield branch, Belfast, has written a history of the parish which is being sold in connection with the bicentenary of the re-building of its church and, as an appreciation of his work, the Select Vestry has given £50...
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31 January 1953. A storm is building that will cause one of the UK’s worst natural disasters. Despite the gale warnings, at 7.45am the British Railways ferry Princess Victoria begins her regular passage across the Irish Sea. She will never...
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TO THE CREWS OF ITS LIFE-BOATS, AND TO SHORE AND FISHING-BOATS' CREWS OR OTHER PERSONS, FROM THE 1ST JANUARY TO THE 31st DECEMBER, 1863.
Jan. 1.—The Braunton (North Devon) life-boat put off and rescued, during a gale...
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PORT ST. MARY, ISLE OF MAN.—A new Life-boat establishment has been formed here by the, Institution, some shipwrecks which had taken place in the locality, having shown the desirability of having a Life-boat on the spot, in the event of...
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THE two new motor life-boats stationed at Cromer in 1934 and 1935 were named this year by the Right Hon.
Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt., P.C., G.C.S.I., G.B.E., C.M.G., M.R, Secretary of State for Home Affairs.
The...
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To SIDNEY H. B. PAGE, on his retirement, after serving for 21J years as coxswain, G months as second coxswain and 1 year as bowman of the Southend-on-Sea life-boat, a coxswain's certificate of service, a gratuity and a retirement...
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Fishing vessel founders THE FRENCH FISHING VESSEL Cite d'Aleth, in distress, was reported to the honorary secretary of Rosslare Harbour lifeboat station by MRCC Shannon at 0634 on Wednesday January 12. At first it was reported that Cite...