GORLESTON.—On the 9th October, at about 2 P.M., the No. 2 Life-boat, Leicester, was launched and proceeded to the assistance of the dandy Morning Star, of Great Yarmouth, on a fishing voyage with a crew of six men, which had stranded on the...
SHARK FISHERS TOWED HOME Torbay, Devon. At 6.55 p.m. on Wednesday the 7th of August, 1963, the Brixham coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small fishing vessel was flashing the international distress signal about three and a...
EastEnders star Andrew Lynford (AKA Walford's Simon Raymond), together with the two ugly sisters, gave his support to the lifeboats at Weston Super Mare recently during the town's 1999 Winter carnival.. - View image in PDF
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MR. C. R. BENSTEAD in Shallow Waters (Robert Hale, 21/-), has produced an engaging, lustily written account of almost anything which may happen and has happened in the coastal waters of Britain. His range is extensive.
On...
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WE think it will be of interest to our readers to have a brief survey of the Life-boat services of the world, so far as the recent statistics of their activities are available. We have, therefore, com- piled the following notes from the...
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Opening of the new headquarters: The President, HRH The Duke of Kent, with (I. to r.) the Director, Captain Nigel Dixon, and the Chairman, Major-General Ralph Farrant.
photograph by courtesy of Bournemouth News and Picture... - View image in PDF
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The Right Hon. the Earl of Plymouth, G.B.E, C.B.,D.L,P.C By the death of the Earl of Plymouth on 6th March last, the Institution has lost a friend who was always ready to place his name and great influence at the service of the...
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The Late Charlie Cocks Recently. - View image in PDF
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During a moderate S.E. gale and very heavy sea, on the 3rd January, the steam- trawler Sea King, of Hull, was observed in the offing making signals for a pilot.
The sea was too rough for an ordinary shoreboat to put off,...
While many lifeboats lie afloat in harbours, primed to head straight out to sea, others sit in boathouses on the shore. So, what – and who – is involved when it comes to getting an all-weather craft to sea in an...
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