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An Aeroplane (22)
JULY 13TH. - ST. ABBS, BERWICKSHIRE.
An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but all its crew were lost and six bodies were picked up by fishing boats. - Rewards, £6 18s. (See St. Abbs, “Services by Shoreboats,” page 61.)...
The Drowned at Sea
NEVER bronze or slab of stone May their sepulchre note; O'er their burial-place alone, Shall the shifting sea-weed float.
Not for them the quiet grave .Underneath the daisied turf; They rest below the restless wave,...
Category: Poetry
Letters
What's in a name? I was intrigued by the selection of proposed names put forward as alternatives to Shoreline Members (THE LIFEBOAT, Summer 1987, Page 170).
They mostly showed a certain degree of aptness or humour, but...
Category: Correspondence
The S.S. Margareta (1)
Girvan, Ayrshire, and Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—About five o'clock on the morning of the 22nd of December, 1952, the Portpatrick coastguard tele- phoned the Girvan life-boat station that the S.S. Margareta, of Lovisa, Finland, had run...
The Life-Boat
The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of a 34 feet by 7£ feet self-righting boat. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view, the shaded part showing that devoted to the air-cases, which give extra...
Category: Articles
The Old War Sloop Conflict
On the 31st of August, 1863, a large ship without masts, which afterwards proved to be the Conflict, an old sloop of war, of 2,000 tons, bound from Plymouth to Bristol, in ballast, to be broken up, was observed in tow of a steam-tug off...
An Aeroplane (185)
DECEMBER 1 8TH. - ABERDEEN. An aeroplane was reported to have crashed in the sea, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £15 9s..
An Aeroplane (50)
MAY 27TH. - GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £9 1s..
An Aeroplane (179)
NOVEMBER 26TH. - ST. DAVID’S , PEMBROKESHIRE. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £12 6s..
The Cadet Training Barge Kenya Jacaranda
At 4.30 p.m. on 6th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a Thames spritsail barge was aground on Margate Hook sands and asked if the IRB could investigate. She had not fired any distress signals but appeared to be in...