LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Practising Beaching to Land Well Clear of Possible Breaking Waves Or Heavy Surf: As the Helmsman Brings the Atlantic 21 Lifeboat In at Speed the Two Crew Members Prepare to Tilt Up the Outboard
Practising beaching, to land well clear of possible breaking waves or heavy surf: as the helmsman brings the Atlantic 21 lifeboat in at speed the two crew members prepare to tilt up the outboard engines clear of the ground.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Yacht
Just after 1000 that morning Filey Coastguard reported a dismasted yacht off Filey Buoy. The wind had gone round to north west and had risen again to a fresh breeze, force 5; the sea was rough. At 1014 the lifeboat launched to escort the...
First Gold Medal for Ten Years
FOR the first time for ten years and for only the second time since the end of the last war the Institution's highest award for gallantry, the gold medal, has been conferred. The medal was awarded to Coxswain Richard Evans of Moelfre,...
Category: Services
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New Quay,Cardiganshire-At2p.m.
on 16th August, 1967, the coastguard reported that a man had fallen over the cliffs at Llangranog. As it was considered that a small boat might be of assistance the IRB was launched at 2.6 in...
(Below) Class Reinforced Plastic
(Below) Class reinforced plastic boats are laid up inside a mould so that a prescribed hull shape can be turned out time and again.
Each hull is laid up as a single piece of continuous material from stem to stern, with no... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Brooks & Bentley
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Category: Advertisement
Morning Star
MORE LOBSTER FISHERS IN DISTRESS Helvick Head, Co. Waterford.—At about 1.15 in the afternoon of the 21st of August, 1947, the civic guard reported that the salmon yawl Morning Star, of Helvick, which had been lobster fishing, was in...
Boy's Own, Speedwell and Cluaran
North Sunderland, Northumberland.— About noon on the 8th of November, 1948, several of the fishing boats returned to harbour. The north- westerly breeze was light, but there was a very heavy swell at the harbour entrance, and they had...
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Search for divers THE SUPPORT BOAT of a party of divers contacted the coastguard at 1355 on the afternoon of Sunday September 15, 1985, to say that two of their divers had not surfaced from their diving on the wreck of ss Teddington, about...
A Flying-Boat
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—2nd January, 1939. A flying-boat had been reported down and in distress, but later it was learned that she was safely at anchor, and the life-boat was recalled by wireless.—Rewards, £16 5s. 6d..