Stornoway, Outer Hebrides.—At 3.15 in the afternoon of the 8th of January, 1949, the Gravir Post Office telephoned that a vessel between the Shiant Isles was sounding her whistle, and the life- boat William and Harriot was launched at...
APRIL 7TH. - ABERDEEN. At about 10.20 A.M. the auxiliary motor schooner Else, of the Faroes, was seen from Aberdeen harbour round house to be in difficulties off the south breakwater. A strong N. wind was blowing, with a rough sea and sleet...
Aberdeen. At 6.8 p.m. on 24th November, 1963, the honorary secretary was informed that the engine room of the steam trawler Aston Villa of Grimsby was flooding two miles north-north-east of Aberdeen. This report was received direct from the...
Two members of Images of Dance, dressed in their costumes for the ballet Pineapple Poll, are pictured on Pwllheli lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
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Above - organiser Stu Bell admires one of the fantastic exhibits from last year.
Inset - being popular is warm work for kiddies favourite, Stormy Stan, who cools down with a huge ice cream before returning to duty.
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January 1998 Agnes Bell, past president and committee member of the former Dunoon ladies lifeboat guild. Mrs Bell was a committee member before 1940 and was president from 1975 until 1987. She was awarded the gold badge in 1982..
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SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES gathering momentum over the past 30 years have pushed back the horizon of the seafaring man.
High-powered marine diesel engines, allied with modern hull design, have given him speed with reliability...
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FERRYSIDE, CARMARTHEN BAY.—On the 21st August, in a strong wind from the S.W. and a rough sea, the yacht T. Deryon,of Carmarthen, was observed to be dismasted and in dangerous proximity to the Langharne Sands. Tie Life-boat City of...
THE WRECKERS recently returned to the popular Devonshire holiday resort of Ilfracombe, but these particular plunderers were strictly landlubbers who had managed to smuggle their way into timbers within the local life-boat...
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