Appledore, June 21, 1986: Mrs Trevor Thomas demonstrates the only way to christen an Atlantic 21. In this case it was Manchester and District No XXXII, funded by an appeal inspired by a former Lord Mayor of Manchester, Mr Trevor Thomas. The... - View image in PDF
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Yarmouth, and Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 7.1 on the morning of the 13th of February, 1954, the S.S.
Ardgantock, of Greenock, wirelessed that she was listing badly and was in danger of foundering twelve miles west-by-...
The hull form of the Waveney is shown clearly as the first UK-built boat (44-002) undergoes her righting trial in October 1966. - View image in PDF
Note the flat sections aft to promote planing.. - View image in PDF
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JULY 27TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
The fishing boat May Lily was overdue No news about her could be obtained and at three in the afternoon a request was made for aeroplanes to search.
They returned...
LOWESTOFT.—On the evening of the 19th March, at about 8 o'clock, the schooner J%fcs, of Nyborg, Denmark, bound from Newcastle to Kgueira, with a cargo of coal, while riding ia the roads began to drive, aad at 9 o'clock, the coxswain...
PRINCESS MARINA, Duchess of Kent, the Institution's President, will name the new Llandudno life-boat on 15th May and the new St. David's life-boat on igth May. At the time of going to press dates for other cere- monies have not been...
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A combination of fair weather and thunderstorms made for a particularly busy weekend for the RNLI in May 2005. In two days, RNLI crews launched more than 75 times and rescued around 100 people On 7 May sailors were caught out by strong winds...
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TO MARK the Royal Wedding in July telegram of congratulations was sent to HRH The Prince of Wales on behalf of the RNLI by its chairman, the Duke of Atholl: 'The Committee of Management, lifeboat crews, voluntary workers and staff of the...
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Portaferry lifeboat saving lives, 24/7 Photo: Patrick Baird. - View image in PDF
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