The Wrecked Life-Boat "Arab" In The Background Is The Wreck of the "Peace and Plenty/'. - View image in PDF
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The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of a 34 feet by 7i 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 buoyancy...
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Skegness, Lincolnshire - At 9 a.m. on 23rd March, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a badly injured man was aboard the Lynn- Well lightvessel, and as he could not be lifted by helicopter, the services of the life-boat...
JANUARY 27TH. 29TH. and 30TH. FEBRUARY 1ST and 14TH, and April 21ST and 28TH..- WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. On Sunday the 20th January the S.S. Belgia, of Gothenburg, was bombed by German aeroplanes and set on fire. Her crew abandoned her and...
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RAMSGATE AND NORTH DEAL.—At 4.20 A.M., on the 18th May, during a strong breeze from the W.S.W., a screw-steamer was seen ashore on the North Sand Head, with signals of distress flying; and about the same time signal guns were fired from the...
Jan. 1.—Six fishermen rescued fifteen of the crew of the barque Faulconnier, of Dun- kirk, which was wrecked at Travara, near Courtmacsherry, in hazy weather, a strong E.S.E. wind and rough sea. The men had taken to their boats, but it was...
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THE LIZARD, CADGWITH, COVERACK, and PORTHLEVEN, CORNWALL.—A disas- ter of such magnitude as seldom occurs on the coast of the United Kingdom took place off Cornwall on the night of the 17th March. Thanks to the prompt action of the...
THE LIZARD, CADGWITH, COVERACK, and PORTHLEVEN, CORNWALL.—A disas- ter of such magnitude as seldom occurs on the coast of the United Kingdom took place off Cornwall on the night of the 17th March. Thanks to the prompt action of the...
News and Views The latest news from and about the RNLI Lifeboat Services 8 Rescues from around the country including Silver and Bronze Medal services Fit for the Job 14 Coswain Peter Barker tells how the work of Margate lifeboat attracts the...
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