ABERSOCH, CAERNARVONSHIRE. — While the wind was blowing, with the force of a whole gale to a storm, from W.N.W. to N.W., with terrific squalls and a very heavy sea, on the 12th Jan. last, signals of distress were exhibited by the schooner...
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Caister, Norfolk. At 3.30 on the afternoon of the 15th of January, 1959, the coastguard at Great Yarmouth in- formed the honorary secretary that a vessel was stationary a quarter of a mile east of Winterton. She was not at anchor and was...
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 10.45 on the night of the 29th of March, 1957, the Needles coastguard telephoned that a small vessel had been seen drifting towards Chale Bay. Her engines were not working and she was tiring red flares. The...
The appeal to, the Army, which the Institution makes each year was sent out in August, 1940. The response up to the end of February 1941, is £5562.
That is fourteen times as much as in 1939. The Army is much larger,...
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A pirate invasion of the Trent Navigation Inn was part of the pub's lifeboat day which raised £100. Here, DonClarke, the event's organiser, hands over a cheque for the takings to Mr C. G. Pole Carew, High Sheriff of Nottingham... - View image in PDF
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Maldon Little Ship Club's New Year's Day sponsored yacht tender rowing race was won by Brian Watkins (I.) and Malcolm Holland.
Twenty-six boats took part and £.203 was raised for the lifeboat... - View image in PDF
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And another: SPIDOT a self-powered unit which is an integral part of the trolley. The engine is high above the water. Note the anchor which is dropped on shoreline for emergency recovery of the unit. Note, too, the guiding lights on the... - View image in PDF
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The Holyhead, Anglesey, life-boat St. Cybi (Civil Service No. 9) took part in a double rescue on 6th April, 1969, when she brought into Holyhead a yacht and a sailing dinghy.. - View image in PDF
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The RNLI's Annual Meetings for 1995, held on 18 May, took place at a new venue in London - the Barbican Centre in the City.
The move from the South Bank Centre was a break with the tradition of the past few years and...
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AMONGST the many appliances which con- tribute to the safe navigation of a ship, none is of more importance than the small instrument termed " a log," by which the distance run can be approximately ascer- tained from day to day, or...
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