Players become the Coxswain of their own lifeboat, responding to mayday signals of vessels in distress.
The object of the game is to save as many people as possible.
The game is for 2-4 players, age 8 to...
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The Maldon Little Ship Club held a sponsored row in January and raised more than £4,000 for the Institution.
Some 43 boats and 150 people took part in the event, some of them in fancy dress.
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Newhaven H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, President of the Institution, named the new Newhaven life-boat Kathleen Mary on the 13th of July, 1959. The life-boat had been presented to the Institution by a lady who wished to remain...
Category: Inaugurations
The following figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the general exterior form of the boat...
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The following figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the general exterior form of the boat is...
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SINCE the publication of the Report of the Northumberland Life-boat Committee, a good deal has been said and written on the subject of the self-righting principle in life-boats in the event of their being upset, a quality which was strongly...
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OTHER IRB LAUNCHES In addition to the services by IRBs which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded on pages 197 .and 201 the following launches on service were made during the months December, 1969, January and February, 1970,...
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THE Royal Commission appointed at the instance of Mr. Plimsoll " to inquire into the alleged unseaworthiness of British registered ships," has issued a " pre- liminary" report. The report is signed by all the...
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SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT NEWBIGGIN FEBRUARY 4TH. - NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND. On the night of the 3rd of February, 1940, the Belgian motor vessel Eminent, of Antwerp, with a crew of nine men, was on her way to Newcastle-on-Tyne.
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