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An Aeroplane (27)
AUGUST 5TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.
An aeroplane had dived into the sea, but only wreckage was found. - Rewards, £18 1s..
An Aeroplane (27)
AUGUST 11TH. - EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX. At 5.24 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that an aeroplane had come down in Pevensey Bay and asked that the life-boat crew should stand by. A light westerly wind was blowing, with a moderate sea....
Jean Anderson
GILES' QUAY, DUNDALK.—The brigantine Jean Anderson, of Dundalk, bound from Ardrossan to Dundalk with coal was seen ashore on the east side of Dundalk Bar with a signal for assistance flying, at 8 A.M. on the 18th...
Patience
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 4.1 on the afternoon of the 23rd December, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the s.s. Cheshire Coast had reported that she had a small fishing vessel in tow eight and a half miles south of...
Review
The female shipwright
by Mary Lacy Review by Joanna Bellis
This is a tale of that old cliché, running away to sea. The difference here is that the escapee is an...
Category: Articles
Classifieds
FOR SALE Advertising pencils, superb ball pens, combs, brushes, each gold stamped Life-boat name, etc., raise funds, quickly, easily. Bran Tub Toys: samples. Northern Novelties, Bradford 2 (BD2 3AF).
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Category: Advertisement
On the Variations of the Reading of the Barometer and the Weather In the Months of October and November, 1864
By JAMES GLAISHER, Esq., F.R.S.
THE variations in the readings of the barometer at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, are shown in the annexed diagram, including 46 days, ending the 30th of November, daring which period...
Category: Articles
Net results
Harvesting the fruit of the sea has been a way of life since the first hunter–gatherers left their footprints in the muds of time – and it’s close to the heart of the RNLI too
The earliest of...
Category: Articles
For the Price of An Anchor
THE following report, sent in by the honorary secretary of an inshore rescue boat station, is just another example of failing to face up to the fact that the sea is unpredictable.
Apparently two men went out in a homemade...
Category: Articles
A Welcome for the Duke from the Crowds As He Walked Up to the Exhibition Site With the Lord Mayor of Plymouth Councillor FJohnson (Right) and Captain Nigel Dixon
A welcome for the Duke from the crowds as he walked up to the exhibition site with the Lord Mayor of Plymouth, Councillor F.Johnson (right) and Captain Nigel Dixon, Director RNLI. . . .
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Category: Photographs