An icy plunge When Portsmouth's volunteers heard that a man was trapped in icy waters below a pier, they knew they were in a race against timePolice officers had been called to Portsmouth's South Marine Parade Pier on the evening of...
Seafarers all Kindly accept this 'widow's mite' in aid of your good service. I lost two brothers at sea and three uncles and my great grandfather served under Lord Nelson as a commander.
1 admire the bravery of...
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A memorial to the crew of the Longhope, Orkney, life-boat who lost their lives on the night of 17th March, 1969, when their boat capsized in severe weather conditions, was unveiled in Osmondwall cemetery by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother... - View image in PDF
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Penlee, Cornwall - At 6 p.m. on ist August, 1967, the coxswain was informed by the honorary secretary that two seriously injured men aboard the tanker Tahchee of Panama required hospital treatment. A rendezvous was arranged for 8 o'clock...
At about 1 A.M. on the 1st February, the Coast- guard called the Coxswain of the Life- boat Co-operator No. 2 and reported that a vessel was making signals of distress near the Bull Point. The Life-boat was at once launched, and proceeded...
Kingstown, Co. Dublin.—1st August.
A small sailing boat was reported to drifting in the bay, but nothing was found.—Rewards, £11 6s..
DECEMBER 1ST. - MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.
Rockets had been reported, but no vessel in distress could be found. - Rewards, £16 14s. 6d..
On December 13th a telephone message was received from the Hope Cove Coastguard that a vessel was ashore between Prawle Point and Greystones. The Motor Life-boat Alfred and Clara Heath was launched at 4.45 A.M., in a strong N.E. breeze, with...
THE LIFE-BOAT (Est. 1852) All editorial material submitted for consideration with a view to publication in the Journal should be addressed to The Editor, THE LIFE-BOAT, 42 Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.1 (Tel. 01-730 0031). Photographs...
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Over the water from Milford Haven, where the tall chimneys of the oil refineries belch out their smoke, lies the small village of Angle, a village of about 200 inhabitants, a village which the Industrial Revolution seems almost to have...
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