The S.S. Arlington sank in a storm after leaving a port in Ontario in May 1940. Researchers have located the wreckage, but cannot explain why the captain remained alone on board as his crew escaped.
In May 1940, the Thomas Kirk Wright, from Poole, was launched from the old lifeboat station as crowds gathered on the quayside. It was one of 19 RNLI lifeboats that were part of the Little Ships ...
A wreath has been cast into the sea in memory of a Channel Islands lifeboat crewman killed by a German warplane 63 years ago. Harold Hobbs, 34 of St Peter Port, Guernsey, died on 28 June, 1940, when ...
A lifeboat which was one of the "little ships" involved in the Dunkirk evacuation has returned to its original home for the first time in nearly 100 years. The Jane Hannah MacDonald III served as a ...
The Jane Hannah MacDonald III served as a lifeboat for 12 years A lifeboat which was one of the "little ships" involved in the Dunkirk evacuation has returned to its original home for the first time ...
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