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Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
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An Oil Tanker
JULY 27TH. - FALMOUTH, CORNWALL.
Two steamers had been in collision in the morning, one an oil tanker which had caught fire. Ten of her crew lost their lives. The other twenty-four had been rescued by another steamer. At 8...
An Aeroplane (11)
APRIL 6TH. - MARYPORT, CUMBERLAND.
A vessel had been reported in distress but after the life-boat had left it was learnt that the report was incorrect, and that an aeroplane was down in the sea. But nothing was found. -...
An Aeroplane (30)
J UNE 3 RD. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. It had been reported that two of the crew of three of an aeroplane had left their machine by parachute, three miles south of the watch-house, but a piece of parachute was all that could be found. News...
New Lifeboat for Newbiggin
A warm and sunny day greeted the 500 guests who attended the naming ceremony of Newbiggin's new Atlantic 75 lifeboat on 22 August at the station's newly refurbished boathouse.. - View image in PDF
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Memorable Day for Newhaven
The fine traditions of Newhaven lifeboat crews were remembered when the station's new Severn class lifeboat was named after the RNLI Chairman and his wife during a moving ceremony on 6 May.. - View image in PDF
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A Ship’s Boat (3)
SEPTEMBER 20TH. - DUNMORE EAST, CO. WATERFORD. During the night of 18th September the sound of bombs and heavy gunfire had been heard out at sea, and on the morning of the 20th a message came from the coast watchers at Hook Pointthat...
The Admiralty Register of Wrecks for 1854
THE Admiralty Register of the Wrecks that have occurred on the coasts of the United Kingdom during the year 1854 has just been published by order of the House of Commons, accompanied by the Wreck Chart of the British Isles for the same...
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The S.S. Cedric
During a strong northerly gale on the 30th I January, the s.s. Cedric, of Landskrona, brought up in South wold Bay, and next morning signalled that she wanted a doctor, or a boat to land a man who had met with an accident. ...
Tewkesbury Abbey Is An Unlikely Landmark For An RNLI Flood Rescue Crew
tewkesbury Abbey is an unlikely landmark for an RnLI fl ood rescue crew Photo: robin Goodlad. - View image in PDF
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