OF the many hundreds of honorary workers for the Life-boat Cause, those on whom the chief burden and respon- sibility fall are the Honorary Secretaries of the Life-boat Stations. It is a responsibility resting on them the whole time, from...
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APRIL 29TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
At 4.20 in the afternoon it was reported by fishing boats returning from the fishing grounds that the engines of two other boats had broken down off Southwold. A northnorth- west gale was...
EVACUATION OF MEN OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE AND THE FRENCH ARMY FROM DUNKIRK.* THE WORK OF THE LIFE-BOATS OF RAMSGATE AND MARGATE.
At 1.15 in the afternoon of Thursday, the 30th of May, 1940, the Ministry of...
By Rear-Admiral FITZ-ROY, F.R.S.
KNOWING these circumstances, and having accurate statistical observations of these various currents, at selected outlying stations, showing pressure (or tension), temperature, and relative...
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The prototype fast afloat boat (right) may have superficial similarities with the Arun class, but she was the result of a 'clean-sheet' design approach.
Apart from being much latger at 17m overall and with roughly... - View image in PDF
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[The Yachting Monthly of March 1952 published an account by Mr.
D. K. Rae of a trip in his W-feet auxiliary yacht Sirius. It started from the Crouch, but the Sirius grounded on the Buxey Sand off Clacton. The crew laid out...
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THE "Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce," com- monly known as the " Society of Arts," as most of our readers will be aware, offers from time to time its Gold Medal to be competed for by...
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