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Stronsay, Orkneys. At 4.15 on the afternoon of the 16th of November, 1958, the local doctor told the honorary secretary that a man was seriously ill and needed immediate treatment in hospital. As there was no other suitable boat available,...
Fishing Cobles
CULLERCOATS.—On the llth January, 1893, twenty-five cobles went out fishing, but as a strong N.E. gale sprung up accompanied by a rough sea they were compelled to return to port. Seventeen of them arrived safely in the harbour, but by the...
The S.S. Tergestea
The s.s. Tergestea G. T. 31, while bound from the Tyne to London with a cargo of coal, on the 16th October, struck a wreck close to Aldeburgh Napes. As she was badly damaged the captain at once made for Harwich, but before he could reach...
Vivid
The fish- ing boat Vivid, belonging to Wexford, struck on the Dogger Bank when re- turning from the fishing grounds on the llth January. Signals of distress were made, and with great promptness the crew of the Life-boat James Stevens No. 15...
The Oil Rig Standby Vessel Seaborne Intrepid
Lifeboat called to mystery grounding Lerwick - Scotland North Division Lerwick's Arun class Soldian is pictured preparing to come alongside the oil rig standby vessel Seaborne Intrepid following a mysterious grounding on 6 July 1987.<...
Membership News
G o v e r n o r s - S h o r e l i n e - S t o r m F o r c e Moving with the Times The Institution's membership scheme continues to flourish, with a total of almost 177,000 members at the end of 1990 giving an increase of more than 15% on...
Category: Articles
End of a Voyage to New Zealand
AT 4.58 on the afternoon of the 27th of July, 1954, the Hartland coastguard rang up the Clovelly life-boat station with the news that the motor ketch Progress, of Bideford, was in distress under the lee of Lundy Island. The trawler Hosanna...
Category: Services
A Fishing Vessel (1)
Faster... and further The abilities of the new generation of fast lifeboats were highlighted on the very day that this page of The Lifeboat went to press - with Eyemouth's Trent Barclaycard Crusader going to the aid of a stricken fishing...
Centenary of the Institution, 1924. Appeal to Honorary Secretaries
Tim Secretary of the Institution pro- poses, if possible, to compile its history for publication in 1924, and he will be most grateful to all Honorary Secre- taries, especially of Station Branches, for every assistance which they may be good...
Category: Articles
A Salmon Fishing Coble
MONTROSE.—-At 5 P.M. on the 8th of January, during a gale from the N.N.W., it was reported that a salmon fishing coble, with four men, was anchored a mile and a-half from Kirkside, and flying signals of distress, being in danger of drifting...