The eighth RNLI lottery draw in full swing: as John Piper hands one winning ticket to Joyce Pearce, who organises the lottery at Poole HQ, Fred Williams, appeals office supervisor, spins the drum ready for the next lucky dip. Cdr. Ted... - View image in PDF
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(Above) A long service for Donaghadee lifeboat: On July 17, 1956, MV Douglas, of Bergen, went ashore at the Maidens on an ebbing tide. Sir Samuel Kelly, slipping her moorings at 0830, found her hard and fast on the rocks, holed and taking... - View image in PDF
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On the 28th September, 1929, the Thurso Motor Life-boat rescued the crew, twenty in number, of a cutter belonging to H.M.S. Marl- borough. In appreciation of this service the Canteen Fund of H.M.S. Marlborough has given £22 to the...
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MARITIME safety in the United States took a giant step forward on the 28th of January, 1915, when two historic agencies, the Revenue Cutter Service and the Lifesaving Service, were merged into a single organization known as the United States...
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Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 7.15 on the morningofthe 18th of February, 1953, the coastguard reported that the S.S. Arnhem, coming from Holland, had sighted an open motor boat near Beach End buoy. The motor boat appeared to have broken down...
We had hoped to publish in the current number of the Life-~boat Journal a synopsis of the Wreck Register foi the preceding year—or rather for the first six-months of that period;—but vre Lave been tinable to obtain in time from the...
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St. Helier, Jersey. At 6.34 p.m. on 18th February, 1964, Jersey radio informed the honorary secretary that a radio telephone message had been intercepted stating that the French fishing boat Claudie Giselle was in distress and that her crew...
IF any excuse were necessary for again reverting to this subject in these pages, it is assuredly to be found in its importance to all concerned, viz., the owners of ships and cargoes; the various marine insurance and salvage associations;...
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Mallaig, Inverness-shire EARLIER BAD WEATHER on Saturday September 11, 1982, gave way to a bright sunny morning at the attractive west coast of Scotland harbour of Mallaig as preparations were made for the naming of the station's new...
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The Vic & Billie Whiffen is launched by davit at Southend-on-Sea. - View image in PDF
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