In September, 1969, the R.N.L.I, placed its first order for new fast boats to be built with GRP (glass reinforced plastic) hulls. Known as the McLachlan, the initial batch was built by Messrs.
William Osborne Ltd. at... - View image in PDF
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The Scottish Water Safety Roadshow. - View image in PDF
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JANUARY 10TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. About 2.15 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that a fishing boat was flying a distress signal two miles south-south-east of Gorleston pier.
A light northerly...
(Right) Cyril Watts, with his wife Rita, on board Centaur 731, Eilean Sitheil, in which last summer he completed a sponsored circumnavigation of Britain, starting from the Bristol Channel; he expects to raise £1,000 for the RNLI. Mr... - View image in PDF
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OC T. 10T H . - BROUGHTY FERRY, ANGUS, AND ABERDEEN. The Swedish vessel Solstad, of Karlstad, had been reported in distress with her steering gear dis-abled, about fifteen miles S.E. of Montrose, and the Montrose motor life-boat was unable...
Contents Lifeboat Services 113 XLVII Lifeboat Services, June, July and August, 1980 118 474 Going alongside . . . and survivor recovery 119 January, 1881: three weeks of storms and blizzards just a hundred years ago, by Ray Kipling, public...
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JUNE 14TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the men had been rescued by minesweepers and R.A.F. rescue boats. - Rewards, £26 14s. 3d..
APRIL 23RD. - RAMSGATE, WALMER, AND MARGATE, KENT. A steamer had been mined and had sunk off the North Foreland, but her crew were taken off by naval vessels. - Rewards : Ramsgate, £5 3s. ; Walmer £14 12s. 6d. ; Margate, £9 8s...
"Arthritis Beaten Today "Arthritis Beaten Today'." has already fascinated thousands of readers across Europe and USA. In his book. Dr Sands discusses his research at the San Diego clinic into the arthritic process, as well...
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Blue Peter III was one of four D class inflatables which were funded by the TV program 'Blue Peter1 in the 1960s and subsequently replaced in 1972 and 1984 after further appeals.
The class was developed in 1963 after... - View image in PDF
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