37' 6" Rather class lifeboat, a development of the 37' Oakley redesigned so that self-righting potential is derived entirely from hull form. Volume of superstructure is substantially increased to give buoyancy necessary to right... - View image in PDF
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Girvan, Ayrshire.—At 7.30 on the morning of the 24th of May, 1954, the Portpatrick coastguard telephoned that the tug Cruiser had reported that she had the tanker British Valour, of London, in tow four miles south- south-west of Ailsa Craig,...
Aberdeen: On Sunday May 29 Aberdeen's D class inflatable lifeboat, manned by Helmsman Stuart Durno and Crew Members James Ferguson and Allan Charles, launched to the aid of a youth stranded on cliffs inaccessible from the land. When the... - View image in PDF
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As it is to fishermen that we must look in most cases to man our life-boats in time of need, it seems desirable to place on record in the pages of this Journal, the number of fishing-boats at each station around the coasts of England, and...
Category: Articles
1943 January . 32 76 February . 34 55 March . 33 42 April . . 23 10 May . . 32 24 June . . 29 9 July . . 27 15 August . 41 92 September . 29 42 October . 30 19 November . 49 31 December . 52 54 - - - 5 - - - 3 - - - 3 Totals . 411 469 Number...
Category: Annual Reports
The ship Maria, of Dunedin, came ashore here during a fresh wind from the 8.E., on the 22nd Jan. An effort was made by the crew to get her off; but a gale springing up from the E., ac- companied by a heavy sea, placed their lives in great...
To PATRICK SLINKY, on his retirement, after serving for 28J years as coxswain and 11 years as second coxswain of the Bally- cotton life-boat, a coxswain's certificate of service and an annuity.
To MICHAEL BONOGHUE, on...
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The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION and all belonging to them are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
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Wells, Norfolk.—There was a thick fog in the afternoon of the 28th of January, 1948, and the owner of the local motor fishing boat Sally reported that she was overdue. He asked for the life-boat to search for her, and at 4.55 the Cecil Paine...
Three fishermen saved with just minutes to spareA;L long service in a severe gale and heavy, broken seas has earned Achill Island's Coxswain/Assistant Mechanic, Brian Patten, the RNLI's Silver Medal. The remainder of the crew will...