Stronsay, Orkneys - At 11.30 p.m.
on 8th January, 1967, the surgeon of Kirkwall hospital informed the honorary secretary that a child at North Ronaldsay was suffering from acute appendicitis and should be transferred to...
A collecting box placed at Mashford's Boat Yard, where Sir Francis Chichester's Gipsy Moth IV was berthed after her record breaking voyage back to Plymouth., raised £85 for the R.N.L.I.
* * * The...
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HELP FOR DUTCH Hartlepool, Co. Durham. At 9.25 p.m. on zoth June, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that the Dutch trawler Guus was making for Hartlepool with a sick man aboard and that a helicopter had been alerted. At 10.25 the...
Stornoway, Hebrides. At 11.15 on the night of the 21st of October, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secre- tary that a trawler bound for Storno- way from the Little Minch had a badly injured man on board who needed immediate medical...
The Chemring SC4 Radar Corner Reflector Developed in conjunction with the RNLI and adopted by RNLI exclusively (Stores ref D1/3016) for use on their high performance Lifeboats in both inshore and offshore waters.
Royal...
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Artist John Todd (I) admires some of the works on show at the exhibition he mounted for three days in October at the Lesser Town Hall, Lossiemouth. With him is another exhibitor, Mr McPherson who, along with all the other artists, agreed to... - View image in PDF
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FEB. 18TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
During the morning a fresh N.W. wind was blowing, with a very rough sea. It was breaking heavily from the Pier Ends to the Rock Buoy, and anxiety was felt for the safety of nine of the local...
As Doctor George Middleton MBE retires as deputy honorary medical adviser (HMA) of St Davids lifeboat, he reflects back on his first service with the station shortly after his appointment as HMA in 1956.
The lifeboat... - View image in PDF
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AUGUST 5TH. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 11.10 A.M. information was received from the resident naval officer at Berwick that an aeroplane was down in the sea off Berwick high lighthouse.
She was an American...
A naval architect and an accident and emergency doctor from Southampton are just two of the many RNLI supporters who ran the Virgin London Marathon in April.
Nick Burton and Mairi Reynolds, who will marry in July, ran the...
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