OCT. 1ST. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
A small trawler had been reported in a sinking condition fifty miles away, but another vessel took her in tow. The lifeboat returned after being out for over nine hours. - Rewards,...
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Small boat, big record A weekend in August saw an event with a difference - a 24-hour sponsored sail organised by the Conisbrough and Hemsworth model boat clubs to see how far a model boat could travel in the time.
A new... - View image in PDF
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HELPED CATAMARAN Life-boat O.N. 44-001. Later the same day while the 44-foot steel life-boat O.N. 44-001 was coming out of the river Medina after assisting a sailing dinghy, a catamaran was seen to capsize in the fresh south-westerly breeze...
Rubbish recovered from the bottom of the River Cam raised £500 in sponsorship, half of which was donated to the RNLI; the sub aqua junk hunters were members of Cambridge University's Underwater Exploration Group whose haul included... - View image in PDF
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To WILLIAM TOMS, on his retirement, on the closing of the Station, after serving 11J years as Coxswain, and previously 6J years as Second Coxswain of the Looe Life-boat, a Coxswain's Certificate of Service, and a...
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At noon on the 19th October a message was received from the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board offices that a vessel in the channel was dragging her anchors and making distress signals. A full W. by N. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea and...
FURTHER AWARD Longhope, Orkneys. On 3rd~4th January, 1964, the Longhope life-boat rescued nine men from the Aberdeen trawler Ben Barvas. For this service, a full account of which appears on page 23, the awards included that of a silver...
Shoreline's BMW car competition was won by Squadron Leader P. L. Whitaker (I.). The car was presented to him at Poole a few days after the draw by Vice- Admiral Sir Peter Compston (r.), a deputy chairman of the Committee of Management... - View image in PDF
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A CHAKITY competition, in which the Committee of Management have given permission for the Institution's name to be included, is to be started at the beginning of next year by the Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk...
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