MARCH 13TH. - ST. ABBS, and EYEMOUTH, BERWICKSHIRE. The Royal Observer Corps saw signals of distress and reported them to the police, who informed the St. Abbs Life-boat station at 2.30 in the afternoon. A whole northerly gale was blowing,...
WEATHER-BOUND IN TORBAY Torbay, Devon.—During the morning of the 7th of January, 1948, officers of two London steamers, Fulham III and Fulham VI, weather-bound in Torbay while on passage in ballast to Barrv, had come ashore to buy provisions...
VERY CLOSE TO THE SEA are people of the Isle of Man. Set in the Irish Sea almost equidistant between England and Ireland, with Scotland to the north and Wales to the south, not only is the island itself dependent on sea trade but is lies...
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In an informal ceremony the flag of the Y.L.A. was presented to Captain L. Edwards (left) of the trawler Lady Ruth by Mr. D. Arter, secretary of the Raglan, New Zealand, sea rescue organisation. In 1970 Captain Edwards and the Lady Ruth were... - View image in PDF
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Injured crew member Gary Cook of the St Peter Port lifeboat is transferred from the RNAS Culdrose helicopter which had air-lifted him to Guernsey. Cook and fellow crew member Vincent Helmot had been injured when the mizzen mast of the... - View image in PDF
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I. THE Annual General Meeting prescribed by the Charter shall be held on the 4th day of March, or as soon after as may be convenient, and the same and all other General Meetings shall be held at such time and place as the Committee of Manage...
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Inaugural Ceremony of the "Duke of Connaught" at Peterhead The Duke of Atholl Speaking With The Marquess of Aberdeen On His Left. - View image in PDF
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Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, president of the Institution, comes ashore after inspecting the new Dover life-boat Faithful Forester after the naming ceremony on 26th July, 1967.. - View image in PDF
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The size of FAB 3 has allowed space for a special survivors' cabin below decks, additional seating is also provided at the aft end of the wheelhouse.. - View image in PDF
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(Below) Lifeboat house isolated in wild seas as the pier on either side falls before the storm. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of The Daily Telegraph. - View image in PDF
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