Building into the millennium Shoreworks manager Howard Richings reaches the final leg of his epic voyage - travelling from Aith, in the Shetland Islands, to Eyemouth on the Scottish mainland.It is appropriate that we commence the final leg...
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SPEAKING AT the annual general meeting of the RNLI last April, Major-General Ralph Farrant, Chairman of the Committee of Management, made it quite clear that, whatever economies might be necessary in these days of inflation, the first...
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PATIENT ON BOARD .TANKER Wick, Caithness-shire. At 6.30 p.m.
on 2Oth December, 1963, the local medical officer told the honorary secretary that the tanker Himan had a crew member on board suffering from appendicitis. The...
A gift of gratitude was presented to Ryde station branch by members of 'Ten Mess', HMS Fife. Thirteen years ago Petty Officer Bridle was rescued from a fishing boat accident by the lifeboat and last year he and his shipmates... - View image in PDF
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Acker Bilk and his Jazzmen were the big attraction at the grand ball organised by the recently re-formed Brightlingsea and District branch. Held in the spring at a holiday camp owned by the branch chairman, D. L. Hammerton, the ball raised... - View image in PDF
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Littlestone-on-Sea lifeboat station, Romney Marsh in Kent, has for many years sold souvenirs from a table in the boathouse; now it has a new souvenir shop. It was designed by Ken Boardman (I), the station honorary secretary, and Crew Member... - View image in PDF
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Crowd puller: Vivian May, (centre) a member of the RNLl's fund raising committee, was invited with his wife Susanna (r) to Lord Montague of Beaulieu's (I) 60th birthday fancy dress ball. Mr May, ever mindful of his duty to promote... - View image in PDF
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The following members of the RNLI family have been honoured in HM The Queen’s New Year list: MBE: Captain Roy Griffiths, Deputy Launching Authority, The Mumbles; Douglas MacNeilage, Lifeboat Treasurer, Tobermory; Captain Michael Sutherland,...
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Trawler listing THE DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY of Plymouth lifeboat station was advised by HM Coastguard at 1030 on Wednesday February 15 that the fishing vessel Elly Gerda, ten miles south west of Rame Head, had taken water indeteriorating...
Ferry collision HARWICH HARBOUR RADIO received a call at 2251 on Sunday December 19, 1982, from the outward bound roll-on roll-off ferry European Gateway reporting that she was in collision with the inward bound ferry Speedlink Vanguard in...