In this issue he reaches the most westerly station in England and shapes a course back up the coast to the north..Since dropping anchor in Fowey and rushing back for the ILF conference and the 175th celebrations in Poole so much has happened...
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THE year 1921 was one of phenomenally fine weather. A very mild winter was followed by a summer of drought and an autumn almost without gales. In fact, there was no really severe weather until Christmas. The year then went out in storms, and...
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Lives saved.
Ackergill fishing boats 30 •4rm, schooner, of Liverpool, saved vessel and 4 Aurora, dandy, of Hull — re- mained by vessel.
Avenir, brig, of Krageroe—as- sisted to save vessel and 7...
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North Eastern Division Cut off by tide INFORMATION THAT A MAN had been reported cut off by the tide below the cliffs in the vicinity of the Coastguard lookout was passed to the honorary secretary of Whitby lifeboat station at 1630 on Sunday,...
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Fishguard - Trent class Blue Peter VII On 17 June 1995 Fishguard's brand new Elm Trent class lifeboat Blue Peter VII was officially named - and, to judge by the number of young people gathered on the foreshore for the ceremony, it was...
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Monet's Masterpiece For just £169 you can spend a three day break visiting some lovely gardens in Northern France, including world famous Monet's Garden at Givemy.
The superb flower beds and archways of...
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Need some inspiration for your Summer reading list? Here’s a collection of books that celebrate the skills and endurance needed to master our planet’s expansive oceans
For adventurers
Across the Arctic Ocean –...
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'The great majority of lifeboatmen are fishermen. They are men who daily sail the seas. They have acquired a skill in handling boats which touches the miraculous, and they know their own piece of coast, its sunken rocks, its shifting...
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RAMSGATE. — During a moderate breeze from the N.W., and in cloudy and misty weather, on the 21st January, guns were heard from the direction of the Goodwin Sands. The steam-tug Aid and the Lifeboat Bradford were at once manned, and left the...
The Lyme Regis flag week coincided with the World Cup. One of the attractions zuas a stall on the front selling souvenirs. But fearing a diminished attendance during the game, the local organiser telephoned the B.B.C. at Bristol to obtain...
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