POOR VISIBILITY At 2.15 p.m. on 25th May, 1966, a man informed the motor mechanic that he had seen a launch which seemed to be drifting about three miles south west of Mallaig.
The motor mechanic, together with the honorary...
Sing a song of sixpence: the magic of nursery rhymes is certainly not lost on the children of Tain playgroup and nursery unit. They took part in a sponsored nursery rhyme recital and raised a magnificent £1,045 for Invergordon lifeboat... - View image in PDF
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THE remarkable variety of the services which life-boat crews are called upon to perform today is clearly shown in the accounts received from the stations during the spring and early summer of this year and recorded in these...
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In 1966 the value of the inshore rescue boat as a means of saving life at sea has been proved beyond all possible doubt. It was only in 1963 that these boats were first used operationally, largely as an experiment. So successful have they...
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A LORRY decorated by the chairman and secretary of the Luton branch, Lieut-Commander Bernard McDonald, R.N.V.R., and Commander W. R. S.
Smith, R.N.V.R., with equipment supplied by the Institution's depot won the first...
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As a result of the statement in the Institution's appeals in 1933 that the £250,000 a year which it needed was equivalent to five farthings per head of the population of the British Isles, not only has it received a good many in-...
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CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN.—At about one o'clock on the afternoon of Sunday, 1st October, 1882, the brigantine Eugenie Auguste, of Castletown, bound for that port from Runcorn with a cargo of coal, was observed to be labouring heavily and...
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Lifeboat station histories The Story of the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Lifeboats (new) The Story of the Exmouth Lifeboats (updated 3rd edition) The Story of the Whitby Lifeboats (updated 3rd edition) all by Jeff Morris published by the...
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Together we build a better engine.
Roval National L jg V Lifeboat Institution Has been relying on Mariner Outboard Engines from E. P. Barms Ltd for over 20 years.
These engines have been specially...
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Together we build a better engine.
Lifeboats Royal National Lifeboat Institution Has been relying on Mariner Outboard Engines from E. P. Barrus Ltd for over 20 years.
These engines have been specially...
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