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SEATON CAREW, Co. DURHAM.—On the llth March, at about 8.30 P.M., during a violent gale from the N.E., accompanied by thick snow-showers and a very heavy sea, signals of distress were exhibited from the Long Scar Books off this...
War on the water
On a windless Spring day off Ireland’s south coast, a magnificent steamship carrying almost 2,000 people was hit by a torpedo. It was a tragedy that would be felt around the world
The passenger...
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Jersey Life-Boat at Sea Off the Rocky Coast
Jersey Life-Boat at Sea Off The Rocky Coast. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Life-Boat Regulations
THE following regulations are intended for guidance of the Local Committee to be formed at each place at which a life-boat is stationed by the National Shipwreck Insti- tution, and to whose care and control the life-boat, her crew, and...
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Hampshire Rose Appeal
HAMPSHIRE ROSE APPEAL PHILATELIC ENVELOPE A SPECIAL APPEAL is to be made from May, 1973, to September, 1974, for £50,000 towards the cost of a Rother class life-boat (above). It will be called the Hampshire Rose Appeal and the Chairman...
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Today's Lifeboatmen
Facts and figures Provisional statistics as at 31 July, 1988, show that so far this year.
The RNLI's lifeboats have been launched 1,690 times (an average of more than eight launches a day) More than 500 lives have been...
Category: Articles
Stuart Roberts Helmsman of Porthcawl Inshore Lifeboat,
Stuart Roberts helmsman of Porthcawl inshore lifeboat, first joined the crew in July 1980.
Stuart, who is a local Police officer, was awarded the Institution's Silver Medal for o u t s t a n d i n g bravery when the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Philip Weeks
Limited Edition Prints Passing Longstone The Liverpool class lifeboat Grace Darling stationed at Seahouses passing Longstone lighthouse in the 1960s.
Passing Beachy Head The Beach class Watson Beryl Tollemache of Eastbourne...
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The Chemical Tanker Multitank Ascania
Environmental disaster prevented Bronze medal for Thurso Coxswain and awards to Thurso and Longhope crewsThurso lifeboat Coxswain William Farquhar has been awarded the RNLI's Bronze Medal for bravery for his part in an incident involving...
Diana V
Dutch coaster A DUTCH COASTER Diana V, in distress 101° 74 miles from Spurn Head, was reported to Superintendent Coxswain Brian Sevan of Humber lifeboat station by HM Coastguard at 1400 on December 30, 1978; her cargo of maize had...