Cambridge, I May 1852.
SIR,—In the narrative of the lamentable wreck of the New Commercial at the Bris- sons, Cornwall, given in the April number of the Life-Boat Journal, it is stated by mis- take that I am the " only...
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THE unusually heavy gale, or rather hurricane, of the night of the 24th October last, was unexampled in its work of destruction in our maritime records. During the whole of that day not a single casualty, with one trifling exception,...
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John Yates, Heavy Woollen branch founder member and box secretary from 1985 until his death..
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The Padstow Screw Steam Life-Boat "James Stevens No 4" Going To The Aid of A Vessel In Distress. - View image in PDF
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CLASS 1962 No. %of total 1963 No. %of total % of total services 5 10 15 20 25 30 Fishing boats - all types 151 18-1 170 19-7 (1962) | 1963 Motor vessels,...
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Protects & Supports The Entire Lower Back Region EASY FIT VELCRO FRONT FASTENING 4 9 INCHES DEEP GIVES TOTAL SUPPORT RELIEVES PAIN WHEN STANDING, STRETCHING, BENDING, WALKING, SITTING AND EVEN LYING DOWN FOR MEN AMD A/f~lfi/ICM 11...
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MFV sinking SKEGNESS LIFEBOAT, the 37ft Oakley Charles Fred Crantham, launched at 1730 on Wednesday October 4, 1978, to go to the help of the fishing boat Fair Maid aground three miles north of the station in a dangerous position. It was a...
AGED 60? HOMEOWNER? I enjoy a more prosperous retirement Ex-Service man makes the most of his retirement years with an equity release scheme Flying for the first time into the airfield he had helped to build whilst serving in Burma during...
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This year marks the centenary of the Fethard lifeboat disaster, when nine volunteers from the Co Wexford station died during a brave rescue attempt in unforgiving seas.
On 20 February 1914, 14 Fethard crew members launched...
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