THE "British Public" has of late mani- fested a considerable degree of dissatisfac- tion at the general state of the Mercantile Marine, a dissatisfaction which is none the less real in fact because it can hardly be said—at least in...
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After the opening of Troon Marina last autumn, Troon's 44ft Waveney lifeboat Connel Elizabeth Cargill took part in a combined exercise with a Sea King helicopter from 819 Squadron, HMS Gannet. photograph by courtesy of HMS... - View image in PDF
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THE disaster at Seaham Harbour, in which 5 members of the life-boat crew and 4 people who had been taken off a fishing boat by the life-boat all lost their lives, shocked and distressed the nation.
The life-boat capsized at...
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The RNLI has been asking some of those who have been on the receiving end of a lifeboat service to complete a questionnaire giving the details as seen from their viewpoint.
The scheme is completely voluntary, but a large...
Coal cargo shifts THE CREW of Clovelly lifeboat, the 71' Clyde Charles H. Barrett (Civil Service No. 35), at anchor in Lundy Roads at 1125 on Tuesday, January 21, sighted MV Robert and saw that she had a 30° list to starboard. As...
Sir Alec Rose, who opened Southampton Boat Show in September, arrived with Lady Rose for the opening ceremony in Calshot lifeboat, the 40ft Keith Nelson Ernest William and Elizabeth Ellen Hinde. The lifeboat was accompanied by the frigate... - View image in PDF
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On Thursday night, the 24th Nov. last, the coast of Northumberland was visited by one of the most fearful storms that have been felt there for many years past, accompanied by one of the heaviest seas remembered —indeed, the heaviest sea that...
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Cave campers swamped Six cave campers at Tenby were taken by surprise in the early hours of 5 August, when the tide came in and washed their possessions away. They retreated further into the cave, but soon found themselves in deep water....
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Over the water from Milford Haven, where the tall chimneys of the oil refineries belch out their smoke, lies the small village of Angle, a village of about 200 inhabitants, a village which the Industrial Revolution seems almost to have...
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