On the 19th August the 6,000-ton motor vessel Gunnaren, of Gothenburg, bound home from New York, ran ashore east of the lighthouse on Tarf, Swona Island, in a dense fog. She carried a crew of thirty-five and a general cargo. She sent out a...
Eastbourne, Sussex - At 3.53 p.m.
on 3ist October, 1966, news was received that one of the local angling club's rowing boats was missing. She had last been seen drifting west, off Beachy Head, with two men on board. The...
Jeffrey Holland and Felix Bowness (centre I and r) look it in turns to draw the 13 tickets while David Green (I), RNLI co-ordinaton'special duties, spun the drum. With them fr) is Anthony Oliver, appeals secretary.. - View image in PDF
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OCT. 18TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. An aeroplane was reported to hare fallen into the sea in flames, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £15 7s. 6d..
THE recently published Annual Report of the Scottish Fishery Board is full of interesting and useful information on this very important part of the national industries and food supplies.
This Board, as at present...
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TO OUTLINE ALL the work of the Medical and Survival Committee would take too long, so the following paragraphs will contain accounts of activities selected because they are likely to be of general interest and, where necessary, explanations...
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In this issue News Letters Feature Lifeboats on the Thames Lifeboats move into the big city with the establishment of four new stations on the River Thames Lifeboats in action Award-winning rescues - including an account of four people...
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IN the early hours of 24th March, 1964, the Sennen Cove life-boat Susan Ashley rescued the crew of the French trawler Victoire Roger from under the cliffs at Land's End. The coxswain was awarded a bronze second service clasp for...
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Eighteen lifeboats at sea as storm sweeps country 'Services varied from false alarms - both with good intent and malicious - to fishing vessels and commercial passenger vessels...' The severe storms which swept much of the country on...
Eighteen lifeboats at sea as storm sweeps country 'Services varied from false alarms - both with good intent and malicious - to fishing vessels and commercial passenger vessels...' The severe storms which swept much of the country on...