On. the 3rd December, during a strong W.S.W. gale, the steam lighter William Yule, of Kirk- caldy, whilst bound from Kirkcaldy to Leith, was unable to make way against the gale and drove down into Largo Bay.
Signals of...
The Joseph and Mary, 84 feet by &i feet, 10 oars.
THE port of Poole is situated on the N.E. shore of the picturesque bay of that name. When the tide is in, and the extensive mud flats covered, the scenery is striking...
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Stornoway, Hebrides. At 1.30 on the -afternoon of the 1st of September, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was stranded near the Shiant Isles. The life-boat James and Margaret Boyd put out at 1.50 in a calm...
THE "Miss Maud Smith's reward for courage, in memory of John, 7th Earl of Hardwicke" for the bravest deed of 1949 has been awarded to Percy Shackson, bowman, and William Braund, assistant motor mechanic, of Clovelly, for...
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A CAREFUL or interested reader of the article in THE LIFE-BOAT JOURNAL for last November, on the " Wreck Register and Chart for the year ended June 30th, 1884," cannot but be struck by the me- lancholy fact shown by the statistics,...
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At-6.30 A.M.
on 19th February the watchman re- ported that a vessel was ashore about one and a half miles north of the station.
The crew of the No. 1 Life-boat Edward Birtteck were promptly assembled and...
AT 1.55 on the afternoon of the 12th of December, 1955, the Swanage coast- guard told the honorary secretary of the Swanage life-boat station, Mr. W.
Powell, that the tug Flying Kestrel had passed a distress message to...
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When RNLB Shoreline was due to leave William Osborne's yard at Littlehampton for her station last August her Shoreline flag had not arrived. The 5th Littlehampton Sea Scout Troop (a group member) was proud to present its flag to the... - View image in PDF
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WITH a view to the interchange of ideas and suggestions as to the " Life-boat Saturday" movement, a conference took place in the rooms of the Society of Arts, Adelphi, on the afternoon of the 2nd May. Representatives were present...
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FROM the moment that Her Majesty's fine frigate the Galatea* left our shores in the spring of last year, under the command of the youthful Duke of Edinburgh, to visit our colonies in the southern hemisphere, and to convey to them in...
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