A Lerwick lifeboatman's story
Leith, George1993
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George Leith never forgot the day the first Lerwick lifeboat arrived in Shetland when his father took him down to the pier for a trip round the harbour on the Lady Jane and Martha Ryland. Nineteen years later he was on the pier when the lifeboat was called out to a vessel in distress. The crew was a man short so the coxswain called for a volunteer. George Leith jumped on board and so began his 30 years' service a coxswain. The history of the Lerwick lifeboat station, the lifeboats, the dedicated crews, the personalities, courageous rescues and numerous other incidents - some funny, some sad - have been recorded by George Leith together with many personal recellections. George Leith died in 1992 shortly after completeing the manuscript for this book.
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Imprint:
Shetland Times, 1993.Lerwick : Shetland Times, 1993.
Collation:
xvi,152p. : 80ill. ; 20x21 cm.
Notes:
Previous Control Number: 0900662875.Previous Locations: CM, CSES, TA.Includes index.Link id: 71471.
ISBN:
090066287597809006628740900662875
Dewey class:
614.864614.8
Local class:
363.123
Language:
English
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Index terms:
LifeboatsLifeboat ServiceRescue servicesLIFEBOATSROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTIONSHETLANDRNLI
BRN:
38960
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