LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Christmas festivities in Kirkwall brought a number of generous donations for the lifeboat. Ron Spiers ofTorvhaug Enterprises set up a magnificent Christmas tree outside his inn door and raised £102.56 with a competition to guess its weight;
Christmas festivities in Kirkwall brought a number of generous donations for the lifeboat.
Ron Spiers ofTorvhaug Enterprises set up a magnificent Christmas tree outside his inn door and raised £102.56 with a... - View image in PDF
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Noddy
Falmouth, Cornwall.—At 10.30 on the night of the 6th of September, 1955, the police rang up to say that a woman had reported that the motor launch Noddy, which had been out all day with her son and three friends on board, had not returned....
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0 A year ago I said: 'Now we stand on the threshold of the 70's, which promise to be years of new development and greater challenges.' The first challenge was not long in coming, for on 21st January, 1970, the Fraserburgh...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Services
North Eastern Division North Sea Hurricane FORCE 9-10 north north east wind; rough sea with a heavy swell; low water; visibility down to about a half to one mile on an overcast morning with frequent hail and snow squalls; Flamborough...
Category: Services
Boy Pat and Nellie
Islay, Inner Hebrides, and Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—At 5.30 in the morning of the 13th of August, 1948, the Kil- choman coastguard telephoned that a vessel about three miles north-north- west of Coul Point had made flares, and at 6.15 the...
Sprite' the Lifeboat's Mascot (Provided By Osbornes for All Lifeboats Built By the Yard) Watches Over the Inside Steering Position With Its Engine Controls and Electroni
'Sprite', the lifeboat's mascot (provided by Osbornes for all lifeboats built by the yard) watches over the inside steering position with its engine controls and electronics.. - View image in PDF
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The Gear a Life-Boat Carries
Assistant Chief Inspector of Life-boats A MODERN life-boat may cost as much as £36,500. The great bulk of the cost is, of course, that of the hull and machinery, but a modern life-boat also carries a variety of stores and equip- ment....
Category: Articles
Bookshelf
The Mary Stanford Disaster by Geoff Hutchinson published by the author at £2.25 plus 50p post and packing ISBN 095199361 5 First published in 1984 The Mary Stanford Disaster, recounting the events at Rye Harbour in 1928, has been...
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Not Enough Water to Use the Engine As Wet Tired Lifeboatmen Wade Through the Steels of the Flooded North Wales Towns
Not enough water to use the engine as wet, tired lifeboatmen wade through the steels of the flooded North Wales towns. (Photo The Guardian). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs