Flamborough, Yorkshire. — On the morning of the 17th of December, 1949, the local fishing coble Brittania, manned by a crew of three, was at sea. It was very rough and there was a north- westerly gale; conditions were so bad in fact,...
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IN July, 1905, as will be seen by reference to the LIFE-BOAT JOURNAL for November, 1905, page 551, it was decided that three Life-boats should be installed with petrol motors, viz., Walton-on-the-Naze, Norfolk and Suffolk type, 43 ft. by 12...
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IP a motor boat could speak, the Beaumaris motor Life - boat, which should reach her station shortly after this article is in print, would be able to make a boast which few of her sister boats could equal, and which should prove a source of...
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Prince Charles visits Rock Rock lifeboat station personnel were delighted and honoured to be visited by HRH The Prince of Wales just four days after their new boathouse was opened. Prince Charles had shown much interest in the new lifeboat...
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VOL—KINGSGATE.
The Thomas Chapman, 28 feet long, 6 feet beam, 6 oars.
THE next Life-boat Station westward from Mar- gate, of which we gave some account in the Life- boat Journal for the last quarter, is...
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DECEMBER 25TH. - MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.
At 11.50 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a boat could be seen drifting about 3 miles N.E. of the coastguard station. A moderate easterly wind was blowing, with a...
REDCAR AND MIDDLESBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE.
—The Redcar life-boat men having refused to work their boat, as they considered it was not large enough, a larger and more roomy life-boat has been supplied to them in its place. It is...
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Nov. 1ST. - DOVER, KENT. At the request of the chief of staff., Naval Base, the motor life-boat Sir William Hillary was launched at 1.50 P.M., but the services rendered were not reported. The life-boat returned to her station at 7 P.M. -...
During lh? IV7 J world cruise of the Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth 2, nn English country fair was held in aid of the American British Lifeboat Appeal. Introduced by f-'ather Mill.', and opened by Captain Douglas Ridley, the fair wax... - View image in PDF
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