StromnessLifeboatStation is located in the harbour town of Stromness, the second largest town of Mainland, Orkney, in the isles of Orkney, Scotland....
the fifth lifeboat to have served at Aith. Despite valiant attempts by Lerwick Life-Saving Company, and even the Stromnesslifeboatstationed 120 miles...
the rescue. The StromnessLifeboatStation was alerted to the unsuccessful attempt by 4pm 30 March. By 4:45pm the StromnessLifeboat departed, reaching...
Longhope LifeboatStation is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) search and rescue operations at Longhope on the island of South Walls...
nearest lifeboat at the time was at Stromness, which made a journey of 55 hours and 360 miles (580 km), but to no avail. Lerwick lifeboatstation became...
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) stations are the bases for the RNLI's fleet of search and rescue lifeboats that cover the coastal waters around...
the rescue. The StromnessLifeboatStation was alerted to the unsuccessful attempt by 4pm 30 March. By 4:45pm the StromnessLifeboat departed, reaching...
Fortuna Glacier in the process. Thirty-six hours later they reached Stromness whaling station. When Argentina militarily occupied the Falkland Islands and South...
the funds to pay for the first Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat to be stationed at Stromness, Orkney. The boat was duly named Saltaire, and...
linking the Scottish mainland with Stromness on Orkney. There is also a large fishmart and the local lifeboat is stationed there too. From June 2007, a summer-only...
listed building on Broad Street. There is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboatstation. One of the major annual events in the town is the Ba Game...
The lifeboats that have served here since have also been stationed at Longhope, including the current vessel the Helen Comrie (a Tamar-class lifeboat) and...
piers for commercial traffic and Stornoway LifeboatStation, run by the RNLI and home to a Severn-class lifeboat, Tom Sanderson. His Majesty's Coastguard...
McNish, Tim McCarthy, and John Vincent on a 1,300 km (800 mi) voyage in the lifeboat James Caird beginning on Easter Monday, April 24, 1916, and arriving at...
dangerous mountainous terrain for 36 hours, reaching the whaling station at Stromness on 20 May. The next successful crossing of South Georgia was in October...
for 36 hours through snow, ice and mountains to fetch help from Stromness whaling station. In August, Worsley and Shackleton returned to Elephant Island...
returning from an overhaul at North Shields, Isle of Lewis called at Stromness, Orkney for the purpose of 'showing the flag' to demonstrate CalMac's...
conditions allowed them to be taken off the island by means of the Lerwick Lifeboat. Before the Lerwick boat reached the island, two separate boats from Orkney...
impossible to approach the skerries. A request had been made for the Stromnesslifeboat from Orkney, only 120 miles away, to launch, but the request was made...
the mountainous interior of South Georgia to the historic whaling station of Stromness. The project, led by Jarvis, was the first successful recreation...
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