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Lifeboat crew never quite know what to expect when they’re called out. But even they must have been surprised to be deployed away from the coast.On 30 December, Girvan lifeboat crew members went to the aid of 12 people stranded on a bus in a...
Category: Articles
A Small Sailing Boat (2)
SEPTEMBER 15TH. - TROON, AYRSHIRE.
A small sailing boat had got into difficulties, but her crew of four scrambled ashore.- Rewards, £4 12s..
The Wishing Well at Cawdor Castle the Fourteenth Century
The wishing well at Cawdor Castle, the fourteenth century home of the Thanes of Cawdor, also gives an opportunity to castle visitors to become RNLI well wishers. The picture shows a recent lifting of the grill and (I to r) Lord Cawdor, Derek... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Remember the Life-Boat!
COME, now, a cheer for the Life-boat And its gallant, fearless crew; Only give them a chance, lads, And you'll see what they can do.
No matter how dirty the weather, Or how fierce the wind may blow, They're ready...
Category: Poetry
A Small Boat
At 3.45 P.M. on the i 15th December, a message was received j stating that a small boat containing five men had landed on the beach from a vessel which was ashore on the south part of the Brake Sands. The weather at the time was thick and...
Racing Dinghies (2)
Five lifeboats rescue racing dinghies Lifeboats from Hartlepool.Teesmouth and Redcar launched to help 30 dinghies that capsized in gale-force winds on 28 August. The dinghies, competing in a 100-strong race in Hartlepool Bay, were caught out...
An Aeroplane (65)
APRIL 26TH. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE.
A British aeroplane was reported to have come down in the sea, but later it was learnt, that other boats were near the place, and the life-boat was recalled by wireless. - Rewards,...
Slava (1)
MARCH 16TH. - BARRY DOCK , GLAMORGANSHIRE, AND MINEHEAD, SOMERSET. The Yugo-Slav steamer Slava, of Susak, had been torpedoed five and a half miles N.E. of Foreland Point, near Lynmouth, but the survivors were picked up by another vessel. -...
Slava
MARCH 16TH. - BARRY DOCK, GLAMORGANSHIRE, AND MINEHEAD, SOMERSET. The Yugo-Slav steamer Slava, of Susak, had been torpedoed five and a half miles N.E. of Foreland Point, near Lynmouth, but the survivors were picked up by another vessel. -...
Photograph By Courtesy of Brentwood and Shenfield Argus
Photograph by courtesy of Brentwood and Shenfield Argus. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs