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Date: December 1955

Volume: 34

Issue: 374

Arbroath, Angus.—At six o'clock on the evening of the 24th of July, 1955, the police reported that a boy was stranded on the rocks at Red Head.

At 0.30 the life-boat Howard I), was launched. The sea was calm, the...

Fishing Boats

Date: March 1963

Volume: 37

Issue: 403

SEVENTEEN BOATS ESCORTED OVER BAR Arbroath, Angus. During the morning of the 1st November, 1962, a southerly gale sprang up, causing very rough seas at the harbour bar. The Arbroath fishing fleet was at sea, and as the weather was...

Coxswain Douglas Matthewson

Date: Spring 1984

Volume: 49

Issue: 488

Coxswain Douglas Matthewson presents to HRH The Duke of Kent, President of the Institution, during his visit to Arbroath on May 11, the lifeboatmen who man the 37ft 6in Rather lifeboat RNLB Shoreline. photograph by courtesy of D. C. Thomson... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

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Date: June 1938

Volume: 30

Issue: 334

Arbroath, Angus. — 19th January, 1938. A rocket had been reported in the direction of Whiting Ness, but nothing could be found. The life-boat was launched four minutes after the assembly signal had been fired.— Rewards, £14 9s. 6d..<...

None (49)

Date: 1939

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1939

Nov. 8TH. - ARBROATH. ANGUS. It was reported that a man had been drowned off that part of the coast known as Mariners' Grave, but the life-boat could find nothing.

- Rewards, £7 6s. 6d..

Aurora

Date: September 1963

Volume: 37

Issue: 405

TOW FOR PLEASURE BOAT WITH SIX ABOARD Arbroath, Angus. At 8.47 on the evening of the 28th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the life-boat motor mechanic that the crew of a small boat were burning red flares three quarters of a mile west...

Ella

Date: October 1948

Volume: 32

Issue: 347

Gourdon, Kincardineshire ; Arbroath and Montrose, Angus.—At 12.20 in the morning of the 8th of July, 1948, the Gourdon coastguard reported to Gour- don life-boat station that the rowing boat Ella, with a crew of three, was expected, but had...

An Aeroplane (36)

Date: 1943

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1943

OCTOBER 13TH. - ARBROATH, ANGUS.

At 3.15 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that an aeroplane had crashed into the sea three miles S.W. of Arbroath harbour.

A light southerly wind was blowing, and...

Drena

Date: September 1967

Volume: 40

Issue: 421

Arbroath, Angus - At 6.17 p.m. on 27th March, 1967, three crew members of the fishing boat Drena were seen to be waving their oilskins to attract attention.

The Drena was lobster fishing in a position about half a mile from...

Arbroath's Mersey Class Lifeboat Inchcape

Date: Summer 1995

Volume: 54

Issue: 533

Arbroath's Mersey class lifeboat Inchcape - seen here after her naming ceremony in 1994 - is a good example of the way in which a number of smaller legacies can be grouped together. 13 legacies, with an average value of £28.000 were... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs