On the same day, the Caister No. 2 Life-boat was launched during a strong gale from E.N.E., and was fortunately enabled to get the Norwegian brig Typhon off the Barber Sand, and to take her safely into Yarmouth Harbour. There was a heavy sea...
Cloughey, Donaghadee, and Newcastle, Co. Down, and Port St. Mary, Port Erin, Douglas, and Peel, Isle of Man.—On the 19th November, 1937, the disabled schooner Invermore, of Dublin, was picked up by the Cloughey and Donaghadee life-boats....
St Ives: The yacht Ladybird aground just west of Whicker Point and swamped by breaking waves. St Ives 37ft Oakley lifeboat Frank Penfold Marshall and a helicopter from RNAS Culdrose continue the search for the missing yachtsman while St Ives... - View image in PDF
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The Duncan life-boat at Sheringham saved 3 persons from the schooner Hero, of Maldon, which had stranded opposite Bee- ston Hills, near Sheringham.
Weston-super-Mare: The lifeboat people of Weston-super-Mare met at Knightstone Causeway on Saturday August 13 for the naming ceremony of the Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat funded by an appeal launched to mark the centenary of... - View image in PDF
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Regular customers at the "Rising Sun" in the City of London are expected to carry with them certain unusual coins which they are known to possess. If they fail to produce them fines are imposed, and in this way the landlord, Mr. F....
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WHEN a shrieking, thund'rous tempest Breaks the stillness of the night, And a ship in seething waters Wages impotential fight; As the life-croft to the rescue, Gallant oarsmen speed afloat— Do we realise the perils Of the men who man the...
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The Liberian tanker Panther (15,840 tons) stuck on the Goodwin Sands after running aground on 30th March, 1971. Tugs eventually got her off with (lower foreground) the local life-boat standing by. An account of this service appears on page... - View image in PDF
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Sunderland, Co. Durham, and Tynemouth, Northumberland.—llth August,1938. Signals east of the Tyne had been taken as meaning that there had been a collision, but nothing could be found.— Rewards : Sunderland, £12 18s.; Tynemouth,...
Shortly after 9 A.M., on the 26th November, a telegram was received stating that a boat was being driven towards Arbroath, and suggesting that a look-out should be kept for her. A watch was accord- ingly set, and about a quarter of an hour...