Ramsgate, Kent.—At 5.49 in the evening of the 20th of April, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that a French fishing boat had been seen to go aground on the Brake Sands, and at 5.57 the life-boat Prudential left her moorings. The sea was...
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A new member of the Fishponds branch of the R.N.L.I., Mr. Martin Rowe, organised a 'Guess my weight' competition, plus a skittles evening, at the Railway Hotel, Fishponds, near Bristol—and raised over...
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Angle, Dyfed September 12 Appledore, North Devon September 5 and November 4 Arbroath, Angus November 30 Arklow, Co. Wicklow October 15 Arranmore, Co. Donegal September 26 Ballycotton, Co. Cork November 15 Baltimore, Co. Cork October 22 Barra...
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At 1.18 p.m. on 28th August, 1966, a yacht was reported aground on the Sunk sands near the Great Sunk beacon. There was a fresh easterly breeze with a rough sea.
It was two hours after high water. The lifeboat Edian...
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SINCE the last number of The Life-Boat appeared, the inauguration ceremonies of three new Motor Life-boats have taken place, of the Dunleary, at Kingstown— her splendid voyage from Cowes to Ireland was described by Commander Stopford C....
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Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire 54ft Arun: January 29 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: November 8 Aberystwyth, Dyfed C class inflatable: November 21, December 15 and 24 Aith, Shetland 52ft Burnett: November 13 Aldeburgh, Suffolk 37ft bin Rather:...
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JUNE 4TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT, AND SELSEY, SUSSEX. At 1.15 A.M. a message was received at Bembridge from the Foreland coastguard, that an aeroplane had come down in the sea south-west of the coastguard hut at Hayling Island. A...