Again, on the night of the 10th Oct., this Life-boat was instrumental in saving the schooner Qoldfinder, of Belfast, which was on the point of beaching on the lee side of the Bay in a S.W. gale, by signalling to a steam-tug, which, with the...
Emergency steering: the tiller can be seen on the rudder post.. - View image in PDF
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THE Institution has again received her annual subscription from a lady in Dumfriesshire who is now in her 106th year. Three years ago she doubled her subscription, feeling that her next year's subscription was un- certain. She has again...
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e view of the Water Safety Roadshow at St Abbs in July 2003. - View image in PDF
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The same Life-boat was launched five days later in conjunction with her consort, the Robert and Mary Ellis, to the help of the s.s. Lady Grey of West Hartlepool, which had stranded on Whitby Bocks about half a mile from the West Pier head....
FEBRUARY 3RD. - COVERACK, CORNWALL. At 6.5 in the morning a man reported a steamer in distress near Lowland Point, and the motor life-boat The Three Sisters was launched at 6.20. A strong westsouth- westerly wind was blowing,...
Radar is being fitted to more and more R.N.L.I. boats and in the top picture Coxswain James Turpin, of the Fowey, Cornwall, life-boat Deneys Reitz, which was built in 1954, is shown operating the Decca 050 display.. - View image in PDF
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The International Lifeboat Federation's 16th conference, held every four years in a different member country, was held in Oslo during the week commencing 3 June 1991, hosted by the Norwegian lifeboat service.. - View image in PDF
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The Eastbourne Life-Boat Returning From Service On December 8Th. - View image in PDF
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Hostage drama Invergordon lifeboat crew came under attack when they went to the aid of the merchant cargo ship fst, where the ship's first mate had allegedly taken his shipmates hostage Lifeboat crew are trained to be ready for anything,...