AUGUST 12TH. - ST. IVES, AND PADSTOW, CORNWALL. At 10.40 in the morning the St. Ives coastguard reported that a tug, with a steamer in tow, north of St. Ives Head, was making little headway. A fresh westerly gale was blowing, with very heavy...
A Successful service was performed by the Life-boat B. Wood, of this station, on the 26th January, on which occasion 15 men were saved from the barque Milton Lockhart, of North Shields. It was blowing fresh with a heavy sea at the time of...
Longhope, Orkneys - On 1st April, 1968, the life-boat T.G.B. proceeded to the assistance of the motor trawler Ross Puma of Grimsby and rescued her crew of 15. A full account of this service will appear in the December issue of THE...
Members of the Episkopi Sub-Aqua Club in Cyprus held a sponsored dive from Aphrodite's Rock, near Paphos to Tunnel Beach, Episkopi, a distance of 15 nautical miles, and raised just over £ 1,000 for lifeboat funds.. - View image in PDF
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MARGATE.—On the 2nd February, during a S.W. wind, the weather and sea being moderate, signals were observed from the Tongue Lightship about 7 P.M., in reply to which the Quiver Life-boat proceeded to her, and learned that a vessel was in...
Pye Telecom breaks the silence barrier.
Without instant communication you cannot properly cope with today's changing situations. Two-way radio communication via Pye personal and mobile radiotelephones keeps you off the...
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Princess Manna, Duchess of Kent, Presi- dent of the Royal National Life-boat Institution, has presented a signed photograph of herself to Mrs. B. A. Holding, of Learning- ton, who became honorary...
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AT the end of April the famous battleship Warspite, which was built over thirty years ago. and served with great distinction in two wars in all parts of the world, was being towed from Portsmouth by two tugs to a shipbreaker's yard on...
Category: Services
The following figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the general exterior form of the boat is...
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The following figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the general exterior form of the boat...
Category: Articles