on 9th Feb., saved 8 men from the brig New Draper, of Whitebaven..
On the 14th December the schooner Adina, of London, was totally wrecked during a strong gale from the S.W. and heavy sea, near the East Holm Buoy, on the Gorton Sand, off Lowestoft.
The Lcetitia life-boat at the latter...
On the 10th Sept.
the Life-boat Commercial -Traveller, No. 1, during a heavy gale at S.W., and after- wards at N.W., rendered such important assistance to the barque Forttma, of Goth- enberg, as enabled that vessel, then...
DECEMBER 18TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
At 3.50 in the afternoon the coastguard telephoned that the motor vessel Esso Ottawa, of Liverpool, was drifting towards the Newcombe Sands. She was a tanker of 900 tons and had a crew...
On the 25th Feb- ruary the schooner Ward Jackson, of Car- narvon, from Wales to Montrose, was wrecked on the Abertay Sands, Dundee.
A heavy gale from N.E., with, snow and a tremendous sea, made the task of rescuing her crew...
The Bird of Dawning
by John Masefield
Review by
Carol Waterkeyn
The Bird of Dawning is a classic from 1933, recently republished by the National Maritime Museum with an introduction...
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The Royal Berkshire life-boat at Aberdovey brought safely into harbour the stranded schooner Jane Sophia, of Aberyst- with,' and her crew of 5 men, which vessel had gone ashore on the South Bank.
On the 28th March, the same valuable life-boat put off and saved the schooner Wave, of Boston, and her crew of 4 men.
The vessel had stranded on the south part of the Inner Barber Sand, during a strong N.N.E....
Lord Chesham, former Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, acting on behalf of the Queen, presented the British Empire Medal to Coxswain Sidney Cann, of Appledore, at the Ministry of Transport on yth...
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