THE Blue Book under the above title which is annually presented to Parliament has just been published for the year 1852.
It comes at an appropriate time. Wintry gales, long nights, and dark fogs are the fit accompaniments...
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THE Life-boat crews of this district, extending from Palling to Southwold, both inclusive, are formed on a different system from any other of the stations of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.
The men who man the...
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MAY 26TH. GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 12.35 P.M.
a message was received from the Caister alert station that two naval speed boats had gone aground on the Scroby Sand. A light S.S.E.
breeze...
IN order to insure regularity in painting the life-boats of the Institution, and the use of the best description of paint, its Committee have decided on forwarding the requisite supply of paint, each year, direct from the...
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Chief Inspector of Life-boats (This paper was read at the 7th International Life-boat Conference held in Lisbon in June, 1955.) Ix Great Britain and Ireland the verv varying nature of the shore creates many problems, and the methods of...
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FISHING BOAT SAVED FROM ROCKY GRAVE At 4.12 a.m. on 24th January, 1972, the Flamborough coastguard told Mr. Arthur Dick, the honorary secretary, Bridllngton, that the m.f.v. My Susanne was sending out radio messages requesting life-boat...
That the life-boat service is busier every year is now becoming a clearly established fact, and it received further confirmation in the first six months of the present year. In 1965 an all-time record for launches was established, yet there...
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LIFEBOATS, IT IS OFTEN SAID, put OUt when other vessels are seeking the shelter of harbour. An example of how a lifeboat was able to carry out a mission while other well-found vessels were unable even to leave harbour occurred on the night...
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THE NAMES of famous lifeboatmen tend to stick to places along the coast. So, too, do the names of voluntary workers who over many years have left their mark on communities in the name of the lifeboat service. One of these is Mrs Kathleen...
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Lifeboatmen brought to book.
I am currently researching a book on men whose lives have been closely connected with the coasts of the British Isles. This work will be in a similar vein to my recently published Tales of the...
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