LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Gretafield (1)
FEBRUARY 4TH. - WHITEHILLS, BANFFSHIRE WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE, AND FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 1.20 A.M. a message was received at Whitehills from the coastguard at Banff that flares had been reported about ten miles N.E....
Two Sailing Boats
Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.—At 6.40 on the evening of the 3rd of July, 1954, the life-boat Dunleary II had reached her station again after towing in the motor boat Phoenix. She then learnt that two sailing boats, each with a crew of two, had...
Lifeboat People
Island Visit Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston, a deputy chairman of the RNLI, was a guest of Brigadier S. P. Robertson of the Committee of Management, at his home on the island of Orkney for four days in August. He arrived aboard Kirkwall'...
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R/T Distress Procedure Changes
R/T procedure changes THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE modifications introduced in the new edition of the Handbook for Radio Operators should be noted: Control of distress traffic: The word 'PRUDENCE' (pronounced PRU-DONCE) has been...
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Philorth
The steam trawler Philorth, of Dundee, left Dundee Harbour at 1.30 A.M. on the 18th March, bound for the fishing grounds, and at 3.45 she was seen from Arbroath Harbour to run on to the rocks about one mile to the eastward, and make signals...
Neptunia
Longhope, Orkneys, and Thurso, Caithness- shire.— On the 21st February the French trawler Neptunia ran aground, and her crew of forty-one were rescued by the Longhope lifeboat.
The Thurso life-boat was also...
Joan
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—On the morning of the 9th November, 1937, news was received that a motor boat was in difficulties about seven miles south of Lowestoft. The crew of the motor life-boat Agnes Cross were assembled, but the coastguard...
Fleetwood’s New Facility Was Designed By Local Architect Eric Forster And Is Sympathetic To Historic Buildings Around It
Fleetwood’s new facility was designed by local architect Eric Forster and is sympathetic to historic buildings around it. - View image in PDF
It includes a training room, communication centre, crew room and RNLI shop. - View image in PDF
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J H Minet (Insurance)
IS YOUR CAPITAL EARNING THE HIGHEST INCOME IT CAN? IF NOT, WHY SETTLE for SECOND BEST? So many people give very little thought as to where their capital should be invested.
With inflation running at its present level,...
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MAYDAY 2018
DO YOUR BIT FUND OUR KIT
This May will see the return of Mayday, our big yellow welly-themed fundraising event
An annual celebration of brave lifesavers around our coasts, Mayday brings together...
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