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Here and There
A YACHT RACE which never finished because there was not enough wind has brought five krugerrands, with a value of over £1,000, for the RNLI. Peter de Savary, chairman of the British syndicate entering the yacht Victory in the 1983...
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A Steamer
26th July. A steamer making for Dover was seen to have flames coming from her funnel, but she did not need help.—Rewards, £3 15s..
The last crew of Greencastle
The last crew of Greencastle. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Award to Aberdeen Doctor
DOCTOR J. LEIPER, of Aberdeen, has been awarded a special certificate on vellum for the part he played when he was transferred at great risk from the Aberdeen life-boat to a German trawler to treat an injured man.
At 5 p.m....
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Your shout
The Editor responds:
Great minds think alike Mr Dean! See page 46. And from this quarter, all seven versions of Compass are available online too at...
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Wick, Caithness-shire.—At 8.15 in the night of the 29th of November, 1949, a Canisbay doctor asked for the use of the life-boat to take him to Stroma Island to attend an injured man, as the weather was too bad for a shore-boat to take him. A...
Ray Oliver: Bowman and Centre-Forward
Honorary Secretary, Cullercoats and Whitley Bay Branch THE crew of the Cullercoats life-boat and the people of Cullercoats and Whitley Bay are justly proud of their bowman, Ray Oliver. Not only is Ray a first-class officer in the boat, but...
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Boats' Compasses
THE subject of the Mariner's Compass has for many years past been considered a most important one, and has had great attention bestowed on it, especially since the introduction of iron as a material for building ships. Large masses of...
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