Marathon Oil UK offered to pay the costs of Peterhead lifeboat station for a year and last February Ed McFarland (centre r), the company's Aberdeen general manager, presented a cheque for 15,000 dollars to John Geddes (centre I),... - View image in PDF
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MARCH 1ST. - BUCKIE, AND WHITEHILLS, BANFFSHIRE. A German aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but the crew got ashore by rubber dinghy in the darkness, unseen by the life-boats. - Rewards : Buckie, £11 14s. ; Whitehills, £15...
JULY 30TH. - ABERDEEN. An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but only wreckage and oil were found. - Rewards, £5 17s..
Hartlepool, April 26, 1987: Crew member Tom Price splashes champagne over Hartlepool's new Atlantic 21 lifeboat Burton Brewer, following her naming ceremony.
The boat was provided from an appeal in Burton-on-Trent,... - View image in PDF
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Three weeks after the visit of the Duke of Kent to the north east, Hartlepoois lifeboats, the 44ft Waveney The Scout and the At/antic 21 Guide Friendship III. and Teesmouth lifeboat, the 47ft Watson Sarah Jane and James Season, were once... - View image in PDF
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MAY 10TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
A steamer had struck a mine, but the eight survivors of her crew of fourteen were landed by two boats which had put out from Withernsea. - Paid permanent crew..
ON July 9th the St. Helier motor life- boat, Howard D. paid a visit to France at the invitation of La Socie'te' des Hospitaliers Sauveteurs Bretons. The visit was made possible by the good offices of Mons. J. Delalande, French consul...
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SECOND-Coxswain James Sim, of Fraserburgh, one of the medallists who was present at the Annual Meeting, was interviewed on his return home by the Fraserburgh correspondent of The Fishing News about his visit to London, and this is what he...
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Appealing start The Crew Training Appeal is seeking funds to cover the cost of crew training at individual lifeboat stations and is approaching local businesses, trusts, and individuals for donations. It will cost some £20,000 for...
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