MARCH 8TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 4.37 in the morning, the coastguard telephoned that a rocket had been fired by a vessel ashore on the west side of Cairnbulg Beacon. She was the Faroese motor vessel Mjoanes,...
SICK SEAMAN RUSHED TO HOSPITAL Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
At 4.3 a.m. on Sunday the 14th of July, 1963, the Gorleston coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Liberian steam ship Archandros had a sick...
On the 21st Feb- ruary, the schooner Elizabeth and Hannah, of Newburgh, laden with guano, ran ashore, in thick weather, on the Gaa Bank, at the mouth of the Tay, when the sea imme- diately broke with violence over her. Being seen by some...
Crews Members at The Blessing Ceremony of the Life-Boat Glencoe Glasgow In Portavogie Harbour She Belongs To The Cloughey-Portavogie Station Ireland. - View image in PDF
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On 29 January Frank Bruno and Sooty drew the winning tickets for the RNLI's 84th lottery. The two celebrities were starring in Goldilocks and the Three Bears at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton - Frank as the Grand Ringmaster and Sooty... - View image in PDF
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AUGUST 28TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
The local motor fishing coble Silver Line, with a crew of four, was at sea in a strong east-north-east wind, with a rough sea and rain. As the weather grew worse she was in danger of being...
THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general character of one of the 288 Life-boat Stations...
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Pwllheli: Lifeboat and ILB on exercise with a helicopter from RAF Valley, which works closely with all KNLI stations in the area. photograph by courtesy of J. Tulloch. - View image in PDF
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