I.—DISASTERS AT SEA. THE LIFE-BOAT TO THE RESCUE.
To lie awake listening to the storm,—to hear the rush of the wind, now moaning in the chimney, now thundering at the windows, against which the rain beats and hustles,—to...
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ARCTIC CIRCLE EXPRESS Departure Dates and Costs 17 May £1590 12 July £1690 31 May £1690 26 July £1690 14 June £1690 2Aug £1590 28 June £1690 Stockholm, the Arctic Circle and fjords of Western Norway Travel...
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THE interest of the natives of the Gold Coast in the life-boat service has on several occasions been mentioned in this journal. The Institution has received letters from them written to it as a general stores, as " the best dealers in...
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DANGER FOR SHIPPING Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. At 9.43 p.m. on 30th July, 1964, the Naval Rescue Co-ordination Centre at Haulbowline informed the life-boat's mechanic that the speedboat Elizabeth was overdue on a trip from Holyhead to...
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Cut off by the tide DURING THE AFTERNOON of Sunday, January 3, 1988 the station honorary secretary of Staithes and Runswick was informed by a member of the public that four adults and two boys were cut off by the tide a few yards from the...
COVER PICTURE by Edward Mallinson The third Trent class, Blue Peter VII, pictured off the island of Alderney during crew training before going to her station at Fishguard. She is the first all-weather lifeboat to carry the 'Blue... - View image in PDF
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MARCH Launches 90. Lives rescued 132.
MARCH 2ND. - PLYMOUTH, DEVON. At 4.30 A.M. information was received from the King’s Harbour Master that signals of distress were being shewn in Jennycliffe Bay, and the motor life-boat...
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IN our last issue we gave a brief description of the ordinary ship's log, -which has been in use during the last 275 years, and of patent logs also in use for the last half century. In continuation of that article, we have now to...
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