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Working Away...
'Oh, we'll be there from about eight, see you when you arrive' said the cheerful voice on the other end of the phone. As I put the handset down I reflected on the distance some of those 'we's would have to travel to be at...
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Clarity and a Dutch Vessel
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 5.11 a.m. on ist November, 1965, the motor vessel Clarity was reported to be dragging her anchor and running aground half-amile west of No. 4 Sea Reach buoy. The life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service No. 30)...
The Royal Bank of Scotland
Gloves - £7 Dry Suit - £245 First Aid kit - £245 Lifejacket - £182 Compass - £248 Radio - £535 And how would Sir like to pay? Lifeboats MasterCard will do nicely.
Because if you switch from...
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Pride of Lambay, of Dublin
JUNE 2ND. - ARKLOW, CO. WICKLOW.
Just before midnight on the 1st of June information was received that a boat had disappeared. The fishing boat Pride of Lambay, of Dublin, had towed a boat to Arklow and had been left tied...
Radio-Telephony In Life-Boats
AN article by my predecessor on the use of wireless in life-boats appeared in the number of this journal for December, 1937. It was then eleven years since the Institution had begun its experiments with wireless by installing a...
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Sabine, of Onway
Beaumaris, Anglesey - At 8.50 a.m.
on 1st November, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht appeared to be in difficulties in Conway Bay. The lifeboat Field Marshal and Mrs Smuts was launched at...
Veteran Life-Boatmen's Dinner
ONE of the most unusual reunions in the history of the Isle of Wight life-boat service took place in October when the directors of the Isle of Wight County Press entertained nineteen veterans of the old pulling and sailing life-boats to a...
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Jumpahead (1)
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 6.32 p.m. on ist August, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a catamaran lay beached at Scratchells Bay near the Needles; her crew were flying a white shirt at the mast and she was apparently...
Page & Moy
It is not only the stunning and varied birdlife that makes a visit to Greenland unforgettable, but also the most breathtaking and spectacular landscapes in the world. There will be opportunities for whale watching and listen to our...
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Two Dinghies
TWO DINGHIES TOWED At 7.15 p.m. on ist August, 1964, a member of the life-boat crew told the honorary secretary that three youths who had hired one of his boats were having difficulty in returning and that he had sent out an outboard motor...