At 7.15 A.M. on the 6th April a schooner was seen making for the harbour entrance the wind then being south with a heavy sea on the bar, and a quarter of an hour later when the vessel had just got inside the river, the wind suddenly...
On the morning of the 24th November the coastguard tele- phoned that a vessel was ashore at West Runton. The sea was smooth, but there was a dense fog. The motor life-boat H. F. Bailey was launched at 11.30 A.M. She found the motor barge...
Capsized tug PILOT CUTTER COXSWAIN Michael Knott was in Lowestoft Bridge Control station when, at 0825 on Monday, August 16, 1976, a radio message was heard on Channel 16 VHP that the harbour tug Barkis had...
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CABIN CRUISER TOWED OFF SANDS Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 11.56 on the night of the 12th May, 1962, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a small craft was reported to be aground on the Sunk Sands near No. 6 Barrow West buoy and that she...
Silver Inkstand.
A SILVER INKSTAND, suitably inscribed, has been awarded to Mr. W. J. BURDEN, who has been honorary secretary of the Teignmouth station for fifty years.
Statuette of a...
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One of the last naming ceremonies attended by Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, was at Dover when the Faithful Forester was commissioned. Here Princess Marina comes ashore after inspecting the Dover boat on 26th July, 1967.. - View image in PDF
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It's your business which engine you choose but when it comes to remote controls it's Morse ofcoursethe major manufacturers say so! Write today for full details from CONTROLS LIMITED North American Rockwell Bourne Lincolnshire England...
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It's your business which engine you choose but when it comes to remote controls it's Morse of course - the major manufacturers say so! Write today for full details from CONTROLS LIMITED North American Rockwell Bourne PE109PH England...
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Coxswain's Certificate of Service.
The COXSWAIN'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE, and a PENSION, have been awarded to the following, on their retire- ment : SAMUEL THOMAS, 4f years coxswain, and 14£ years second...
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