THE pressure of work thrown on the Board of Trade last year was so great that the Department was unable to issue until the close of the year their very valuable "Abstracts of the Shipping Casualties which occurred on or near the Coasts...
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As reported in the September issue of THE LIFE-BOAT, T.V. announcer Guy Thomas, on behalf of T.W.W.
Ltd., presented a television set to the crew of 70-001 when she visited Bristol earlier this... - View image in PDF
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The Life-boat Two Sisters proceeded from this port on the 22nd October, and saved the crew of the schooner Mary, of Laxey, during a strong gale from N.N.W. and a heavy sea; the service was promptly rendered in a manner highly creditable to...
Representatives of overseas maritime authorities and li.esaving associations are always welcome at RNLI headquarters. Among recent visitors to Poole was Rear Commodore J. B. Pearson of North Queensland Squadron, Australian Volunteer Coast... - View image in PDF
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On the 13th December, the sloop Sybil, of Goole, got ashore on Thorpeness, when the life-boat was launched to her aid, and landed her crew of 3 men in safety: 1 man was washed out of the life-boat by a heavy surf.
Peel, Isle of Man - At 12.58 p.m. on I2th September, 1966, the motor fishing vessel Rosinbhir, of Liverpool, was reported to have broken down six miles north west of Peel. The life-boat Clara and Emily Bar-well was launched at 1.25 in a...
On the same day the schooner Vigilant, of Hayle, was seen in distress during bad weather, and in a heavy sea, on the western spit of Hayle Bar. The Oxford University life-boat Isis stationed at that port was launched, and succeeded in...
The schooner Major, of Lynn, ran aground at Holme on the morning of the 30th September. ^The Life-boat, Licensed Victualler, was at once despatched to the distressed vessel, and was, fortunately, the means of rescuing the crew, consisting of...
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—12th December. The motor vessel Apollinaris, of Rotterdam, had grounded north of Winterton look-out, but refloated without help. — Rewards, £27 7s. 6d..
ON January 26fch last there were severe gales all round the coast, and fourteen Life-boat launches took place at Mon- trose, Gourdon and Aibroath on the east coast of Scotland, at Newbiggin, Bridlington and Scarborough on the north-east...
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