Jersey fishermen are among the first to adopt the RNLI-developed MOB Guardian safety system.
Developed over several years especially for fishing, the most dangerous industry in the world, the ‘man overboard’ equipment is...
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Llandudno, Caernarvonshire; Rhyl, Flintshire; Beaumaris and Moelfre, Anglesey - At 4 p.m. on 6th May, 1968, the coastguard informed the Llandudno honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser had broken down one mile west of Great Ormes Head...
Ax important development in Motor Life-boat construction has been decided upon. The aim of the Institution in the design and construction of Motor Lifeboats and their engines, suitable,for the work of rescuing life from shipwreck under all...
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Coxswain Derek Scott, B.E.M., of the Mumbles life-boat, receiving a bar to his silver medal from the Duke of Kent, President of the R.N.L.I. at the annual meeting in London on 18th May.. - View image in PDF
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The 60-Feet Barnett Type of Motor Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
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The 46-Feet Gorleston Type of Motor Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
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Above: The naming ceremony of Phyl Clare 2. - View image in PDF
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At about 3.30 P.M. on the 18th October information came that a fishing boat was in distress to the north-east of Llandudno Bay. A strong westerly breeze was blowing, with a rough sea.
The motor life-boat Thomas and Annie...
DECEMBER 5TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 3.43 in the morning the coastguard reported a wireless message from the S.S. Elizabeth Lysaght, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, that she was aground on Corton Sands and in need of immediate...
Accuracy is a must in the AMVER system. A watchstander at the centre makes a final check on a sail plan before the vessel's plot is placed in the computer.. - View image in PDF
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