The seas off the north of Scotland and around Orkney and Shetland can be unforgiving and, in the worst of weathers, will catch out even the largest of ships. The safety of mariners and sea users in the area is overseen by the Maritime and... - View image in PDF
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Atastair IJndsay, left, thanks Steve Marshal! for the £100,000 donation towards the cost of a new Severn class lifeboat. - View image in PDF
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Kinghorn, April 5, 1986: Dr R. M. L. Weir (1), honorary secretary and Mr Steve West, representing the Co-op in Scotland, shake hands in front of the station's new 17ft 6in in C class inflatable lifeboat on the day of her official... - View image in PDF
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— At 8.50 A.M.
on the 30th January, the coastguard reported that a large steamer was aground on the Newcome Sands, and the motor life-boat Agnes Cross put out at 9 A.M. A moderate S.W. breeze was blowing and the sea was...
Peter Christian Special Offer Corduroy Trousers Bedford Brown Belt not included Name Address Postcode Tel E-mail Please send me Code Colour Waist Ins Leg Qty Total Corduroy Trousers MT05 Corduroy Trousers MT05 Corduroy Trousers MT05 Colours:...
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Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 11.20 on the morning of the 3rd of March, 1956, the coastguard reported that the tanker Tank Queen, of Oslo, had anchored off Southend in dense fog and needed a doctor. One of her deck boys was thought to have...
Walton and Frinton, Essex. — About a quarter to five in the afternoon of the 17th of August, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that an aeroplane had reported five people marooned on a sandbank between Naze Point and Stone Banks Buoy. The motor...
Sir Angus Fraser KCB TD We regret to announce that Sir Angus Fraser passed away on Sunday 27 May.
Sir Angus joined the Committee of Management in 1986 and served as a Deputy Treasurer from 1996 to 1998. He was elected a...
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The week of The Queen's visit saw Castletownbere lifeboat crew immersed in training at the College. They were getting to grips with their new Severn class Lifeboat, Annette Mutton, and so were on hand to aid Her Majesty's departure....
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While on holiday on the Isle of Wight last summer, Albert the Irish Wolfhound collected nearly £50 for Yarmouth lifeboat.
Owner Mary Knight took him along to the station's open day and not many people were able to... - View image in PDF
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