Race to the Pole
by James Cracknell
and Ben Fogle
Review by Charlie Cash
After conquering the perils of the Atlantic Ocean in an open boat, most people would wallow in the...
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Broken in two A MESSAGE from HM Coastguard was received by New Brighton lifeboat station at 1438 on Saturday July 11 to say that a motorboat, Mary, was in trouble off New Brighton bathing pool; she was taking in water.
The...
ABERSOCH.—At 1.30 A.M. on the 23rd January the Life - boat Oldham waslaunched, signal - rockets having been fired from the direction of St. TudwelFs Island. The wind was blowing a moderate gale from E.N.E., with snow squalls and very cold...
GORLESTON.—Signal-guns having been fired by the light-vessels, the Life-boat Mark Lane put off at 6.35 A.M. on the 7th February, in a rough sea and a strong N. by E. breeze, and found the brigantine Argo, of Marstal, bound from Fowey for...
SOUTHPORT, LANCASHIRE.—The Life- boat on this station was rapidly becoming unfit for further service, and it has there- fore been replaced by a new 10-oared boat, 34 feet long, and 8J feet wide. The legacy of 5001. bequeathed to the...
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WE believe that it will be both interesting and instructive to the readers of the Life- Boat Journal generally to have a brief account of the origin, objects, and functions of the Trinity House, London, which is one of the most ancient and...
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THE RNLI INQUIRY into the capsizes of Barra Island and Islay lifeboats off the west coast of Scotland last November, reported on page 6, has concluded that both lifeboats were overwhelmed by heavy breaking seas in violent storm conditions...
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The Mary Stanford Disaster by Geoff Hutchinson published by the author at £2.25 plus 50p post and packing ISBN 095199361 5 First published in 1984 The Mary Stanford Disaster, recounting the events at Rye Harbour in 1928, has been...
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End of voyage A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC made a 999 call to the Police early on the morning of Saturday October 16, 1982, reporting a catamaran flashing a white light about 100 yards off Sidmouth Beach, 9Vz miles east north east of Exmouth...
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 144 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 16 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to 31st October, 1939 ... - 66,604 The Life-boat Service and the...
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