Ex pilot cutter HARTLAND COASTGUARD received a message from the British coaster Candourity at 0255 on Monday September 3, 1979, reporting the sighting of a red flare and a flashing light from a yacht some 13 miles north by east of Trevose...
Creyv^board^boat face danger and tragedy inside cave on Atlantic coastThe crew of the Arun stationed at Ballyglass on the exposed north west coast of Ireland faced unusual dangers last October when the lifeboat and her Y-Boat were involved...
M" Jl ¥ j Fv¥5v¥f ¥" JkMTJEJLJL The spirit of Tradition Michel Martell, the seventh generation of the Martell family to head this prestigious company, founded in 1715, was in England when the announcement was...
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I enjoy a more prosperous retirement EX-SERVICE MAN MAKES THE MOST OF HIS RETIREMENT YEARS WITH AN EQUITY RELEASE SCHEME Flying for the first time into the airfield he had helped to build whilst serving in Burma during the Second World War,...
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On her slipway at The Mumbles is 47ft Watson Pentland (Civil Service No 31) which in the television series becomes Ennal's Point lifeboat Samuel Grail.
photograph by courtesy of "South Wales Evening... - View image in PDF
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MECHANIC SEES FLARE FROM MOTOR BOAT Hastings, Sussex. At 5.6 on the afternoon of the 4th November, 1962, the motor mechanic noticed a red flare four miles south of the life-boat station.
He informed the honorary secretary,...
During a strong N.E. gale in the evening of 8th January one of the anchor chains, to which the schooner Unity, of Carnarvon, was lying at anchor in a dangerous part of Fishguard Bay, parted. There were four persons on board the schooner, and...
Just browsing: North Cotswold branch ran a souvenir stall at the Moreton in Marsh agricultural show in September 1985. The show is one of the largest one-day shows in the country and the organisers very kindly donated a prime spot for their... - View image in PDF
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AUGUST 23RD. - SWANAGE, DORSET.
A German aeroplane had been reported down in the sea and two men were said to have baled out from it, but nothing could be found of them. - Rewards, £6 12s..
Remembering Craig Steadman
Over the past year, volunteers and supporters at Holyhead and Barmouth Lifeboat Stations have been working tirelessly to fund a new lifeboat in memory of Craig Steadman. Craig, a Holyhead crew...
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