Malcolm MacDonald joined Stornoway lifeboat crew in 1964, he became motor mechanic in 1967 and was appointed coxswain/mechanic in 1979. He was awarded the silver medal in 1980.. - View image in PDF
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Presentations of Public Relations awards were made by Raymond Baxter to (I to r) Coxswain Joe Martin of Hastings, Chris Larkin from BASH, Charles Fowkes of Hamlvns and David Trotter (with his daughter Helen).. - View image in PDF
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Penlee's new 52ft Arun lifeboat Mabel Alice off Mousehole on her way to lake up station in ewl -n Harbour. photograph by courtesy of The Times. - View image in PDF
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Since experimental trials in '63 the ILBs have proved so successful that there are now 100 of them in regular use as well as the 150 conventional lifeboats. Over a three month period last year, these tough, nearly indestructable craft,...
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Why is a ship always a she, and why is she invariably launched with ceremony and usually the traditional bottle of champagne (arrowed)?. - View image in PDF
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Since experimental trials in'63 the ILBs have proved so successful that there are now 100 of them in regular use as well as the 150 conventional lifeboats. Over a three month period last year, these tough, nearly indestructable craft,...
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The sale of table lamps made by Mr. A. W. Hawkes, of Ipswich, has now passed the 300 mark. A note about his lamps appears on this page.. - View image in PDF
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detail from a poster published after World War I showing lifeboat services to ships mined, torpedoed or wrecked as a result of the war.. - View image in PDF
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Sigurd Golje, one of Sweden's latest rescue cruisers, will be visiting Plymouth in July. In January she was breaking ice in the Bothnian Gulf.. - View image in PDF
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As a forerunner to 'Operation Lifeboat', Devon Scouts visited Plymouth lifeboat station on December 8, 1973, when they were taken out in Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse for practical demonstrations: on steering. - View image in PDF
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