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Any information? I am researching the disaster which overtook HM Submarine Thetis in Liverpool Bay on 1 June 1939. At the time, it was the world's worst submarine loss in which 99 men perished.
If any readers have...
Category: Correspondence
When Mrs Anne Armstrong Former American Ambassador to Britain Visited Plymouth Lifeboat Station In February Coxswain John Dare Welcomed Her Aboard the 44'
When Mrs Anne Armstrong, former American Ambassador to Britain, visited Plymouth lifeboat station in February, Coxswain John Dare welcomed her aboard the 44' Waveney lifebout Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse II with a yellow rose posy... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To DAVID ANDERSON, on his retirement, after serving 8J years as Bowman and 23 years as Coxswain at Montrose, a Certificate of Service and a Pension.
To THOMAS LEADBETTER, on his retirement, after serving 14 years as Bowman...
Category: Awards
Ambler
Lost rudder A COBLE NEEDING HELP, with three men on board, was reported to the deputy launching authority of Seaham lifeboat station by Tees Coastguard at 0955 on Sunday November 26, 1978.
The message had been relayed from...
Union Crystal (1)
Union Crystal sinks JUST BEFORE 1915 on Wednesday, November 16, 1977, the honorary secretaries of both Sennen Cove and St Ives lifeboat stations were informed by Lands End Coastguard that the 499-ton coaster Union Crystal was in trouble 12...
Lines on Seeing a Life-Boat In An Inland Town
GOD speed thee, thou life-boat! for blest is thy mission— To save poor weak man from the wild ocean's rage; When the heavens are black, and the dark waves are roaring, And dread is the war which the elements wage.
All...
Category: Poetry
Amelia Lauro
MARCH 7TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 9.45 P.M.
a message was received from the Gorleston coastguard that the South Knoll Light-vessel had reported a ship on fire two miles N.E.
of the...
Boats
A combination of fair weather and thunderstorms made for a particularly busy weekend for the RNLI in May 2005. In two days, RNLI crews launched more than 75 times and rescued around 100 people On 7 May sailors were caught out by strong winds...
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Flamborough, Yorkshire - At 4.50 p.m. on I5th August, 1967, the police informed the coxswain that a man was stranded in a cove about one mile north of the life-boat station. The coxswain and a police officer went to the scene where a youth...
Little Ships Big Contribution
The Maldon Little Ship Club held a sponsored row in January and raised more than £4,000 for the Institution.
Some 43 boats and 150 people took part in the event, some of them in fancy dress.
Clear... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs