CUNNINGHAM'S Patent Mode of reefing Topsails from the Deck.—Most persons, even those who are not sailors by profession, are aware that the operation of reefing topsails is one of the most important on board a ship. By its means the...
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BUT a few days since the British public were startled by the intelligence that the Empress of the French and her royal son, the Prince Imperial, had nearly lost their lives by drowning, on the coast of France.
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Three rescued in hurricane SILVER MEDAL IN THE EARLY HOURS of Friday, October 16, 1987, hurricane force south-southwesterly winds of force 16-17, gusting at times to more than 100 knots, left a trail of destruction along the south and...
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WE have extracted the following account of a Shipwreck and Life-boat service from an entertaining work, A Marine Residence, by the Author of Lost Sir Massingbred, published by Messrs. CHAPMAN and HALL.
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Neil Oliver’s fascination with daring deeds has led him to champion the RNLI – and he’s been in deep water himself a few times, as he tells Rory Stamp
With his rich Scots accent and long black hair, broadcaster, writer and...
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Walmer, Kent. At 4 p.m. on 2oth July, 1965, the honorary secretary saw a catamaran capsize one mile offshore from the life-boathouse. At 4.10 p.m. the IRB launched in a southerly breeze and corresponding sea. The catamaran, whose crew of two...
SIR - I am a life-boat enthusiast and as such I am particularly interested in boats and equipment. As there must be others like myself, would it be possible to form a R.N.L.I. Enthusiasts' Club ? May I, through this journal, ask what...
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NO V . 2 5 T H . - WALMER, KENT. The life-boat went out to the help of the Dutch steamer Amstalkirk in a full south-west gale, with very rough seas and dense rain. She was then told to go to another Dutch steamer, the Algorab, of Rotterdam,...