On the 1st November, the schooner Auchimcruive, of Grangemouth, stranded in a strong gale and very heavy sea off Banff Harbour. The Banff life-boat pro- ceeded at once to her and took off her crew of 6 persons, the vessel shortly after...
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nest This 141 ft. tall lighthouse, built in 1906, guards Weymouth Bay md the treacherous currents on the South Coast.
IWll.M.J Bill Dorset Eddy stone Lighthouse Devon 8x4 tinted limited edition MMibUc 2001 onfy £77.50...
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WHILE ON TRIALS Reserve life-boat. At n a.m. on i2th May, 1964, the reserve life-boat Charles Cooper Henderson put out from a ship- builders' yard at Rowhedge, Essex, in a light westerly breeze and a slight sea.
She was...
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FRASERURGH, SCOTLAND. A life-boat station has been established at Frazerburgh by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, in conjunction with the Harbour Commissioners of that port. The life-boat is on the Institution's plan, designed by Mr....
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Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, and Caister, Norfolk.—1st February, 1938. A barge was in distress, but a coasting motor vessel towed her into Yarmouth Roads. The Great Yarmouth and Gorleston motor life-boat was launchedand the Caister...
The prize winners of the July life-boat crossword, which concludes the series, were: 1st, Mrs. L. S. Lamb, Broadway, Worcester, 2nd, W. P. Dobson, Milnthorpe, Westmorland, and 3rd, Mrs. B. R. Ostler, Loughton, Essex.
The...
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OCTOBER 1ST. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
A yacht had been reported signalling for help, but could not be found. Later she was reported off the Isle of Wight. - Rewards, £18 16s..
Many gifts have shown the generous interests of British people overseas in the life-boat service at home. The Government School at Broken Hill, Rhodesia, which has about a hundred scholars, has sent £50. The Kenya War Welfare Fund has...
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At 1.30 P.M.
| on the 1st January during moderately i rough weather Acting Coxswain Culham I received a message stating that a barge appeared to be in difficulties. The crew of the Life-boat James Stevens No. 9 at once...