Tony Purnell talks to David Cowper following his two circumnavigations in an ex-RNLI lifeboat At the London Boat Show in January 1991, David Cowper was named Yachtsman of the Year. The award recognised a number of sailing achievements,...
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JUNE 14TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the men had been rescued by minesweepers and R.A.F. rescue boats. - Rewards, £26 14s. 3d..
APRIL 23RD. - RAMSGATE, WALMER, AND MARGATE, KENT. A steamer had been mined and had sunk off the North Foreland, but her crew were taken off by naval vessels. - Rewards : Ramsgate, £5 3s. ; Walmer £14 12s. 6d. ; Margate, £9 8s...
Thursday, 2nd Dec., 1858. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance, Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward...
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THE LIFEBOAT B class Atlantic 75 lifeboat B-742 Douglas Paley Funding: A gift from Mrs Evelyn Anne Paley, in memory of her late husband Air Commodore Douglas Paley THE CREW Helmsman Gary Stanbury Crew Members Andrew Hallet and Martin Davis...
THE problem of finding the ideal method of providing a life-boat with mechanical power has occupied the minds of de- signers and engineers for more than a century. For many years experiments were made with steam. At the Great Exhibition of...
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End of the road: Hyde Park Corner, Saturday May 27.. - View image in PDF
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Classified Advertisements FUND RAISING Advertising pencils, superb ballpens, combs, diaries, each gold stamped Lifeboat name, etc., raise funds, quickly easily. Bran Tub Toys: samples from Northern Novelties, Bradford BD1...
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He can bear~ly wait - Berwicks Bear, AKA crew member Alistair Laing, waits excitedly for the opening of the Berwickupon- Tweed fete on 11 August. Over 2,000people attended the event, which included a stunning search and rescue display, and... - View image in PDF
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SEPTEMBER 17TH. - NOVEMBER 6TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. The S.S. Teddington, of London, with a valuable cargo on board, had been attacked by German aeroplanes and set on fire. Her crew had been taken off by a naval vessel and the steamer had...