By Commander STOPFORD C. DOUGLAS, R.N., Inspector for the Irish District.
THE passage of this boat from Cowes to Kingstown gave her a. test to which Life-boats are not often subjected.
Many'encounter...
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On December 18 Humber lifeboat, the 54ft Arun City of Bradford IV, towed MFV Falke to Bridlington. The fishing boat had no power or steering and her batteries were failing. photograph by courtesy of 'Hull Daily Mail'. - View image in PDF
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Brixham Secondary School fifth formers (I. to r.) Jimmy Moore, Simon Foot and Steve Edwards, seen with Motor Mechanic Steve Bower, last term volunteered, as community work, to help clean Torbay lifeboat and boathouse every Friday afternoon:... - View image in PDF
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The Saiirm Being Towed By A Tug To Lowestoft Harbour. - View image in PDF
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Phaedra Is Towed Into Great Yarmouth (Photo Great Yarmouth Mercury). - View image in PDF
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ON the 12th April, 1901, the fishing cobles belonging to Runswick, a small village on the Yorkshire coast, were afloat when a heavy sea sprung up imperilling their safety. It became evidently a case for the Life-boat, but unfortunately the...
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ON 20th December, 1925, a blizzard was blowing on the north-east coast, one of the severest for many years. The s.s.
Amble, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, a collier which loads at Amble, was riding at anchor in Alnmouth Bay, but...
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Burnham on Crouch station open day 2000. - View image in PDF
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CARDIGAN.—At daylight on the 16th April, intelligence was received at this station that. 4 men had been blown out to sea in an open boat just before dark on the previous day,'and it was hoped they had been able to get to Cardigan...