MARCH 19TH. - CLOVELLY, AND ILFRACOMBE, DEVON. At 3.10 A.M. a message from the coastguard, Hartland Point, was received at Clovelly that a steamer was on fire six miles north of the point. A whole W.S.W. gale was blowing, with a very heavy...
Exmouth, Devonshire.—On the morning of the 21st January the coastguard telephoned that the Lyme Regis harbour- master had reported a vessel apparently adrift from her moorings.
He later reported that she had anchored off...
As long ago as 1803 a Life-boat was stationed at St. Peter Port, in Guernsey, this being one of the boats built by Henry Greathead, the builder,'in 1789, of the first Life-boat. In 1861 the local Committee invited the Institution to take...
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Obverse.—Bust of Lieut.-Col. Sir William Hillary, Bt., Founder of the Institution, by Mr. Allan G. Wyon, F.R.B.S. Double Legend: "Royal National Life-boat Institution. Founded 1824.
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During severe gales which swept the north west on Friday, November 11, New Brighton DODO tractor was in full action.
Going down to check the boathouse at 2230, Crew Member Cliff Downing found the promenade flooded and more... - View image in PDF
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Oldham, the second of Hoylake's four Liverpool lifeboats which spanned the years 1906 to 1974; the first was a pulling and sailing boat, the last three motor. Oldham, presented by the town of Oldham, was on station from 1931 to 1952; she... - View image in PDF
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NOVEMBER 7TH. - FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. Two fishing cobles of Flamborough, the Doreen May and the Pioneer, were fishing off Flamborough Head. The weather was getting worse, and by eleven in the morning a north-easterly gale was blowing, with...
For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
(Incorporated T y Royal Charter.1 FOUNDED in 1824. — SUPPORTED SOLELY BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
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On the 21st December, during a heavy gale from N.N.E., the schooner Little Aggie, of Ber- wick, with a cargo of slates, got on shore at Hauxley. The life-boat stationed there was immediately transported to the scene of the wreck, and with...
7: (Left) Journey Home Begins Over Beach And Up Slipway With Chock At The Ready Behind Carriage Track. - View image in PDF
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