Why she ? It seems just as a term of familiarity, affection and endearment, perhaps encouraged by the original frequency of obviously female figureheads on the ships of old.. - View image in PDF
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The Eastbourne life-boat Beryl Tollemache took out light fire-fighting gear when the oil tanker SHakund was beached on fire off Eastbourne in October, 1968.. - View image in PDF
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... and (left) after the Duchess had named Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse II, she and the Duke are welcomed aboard by Coxswain John Dare and his crew.. - View image in PDF
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The Eastbourne lifeboat Duke at Kent beaches ready for recovery after her service to the blazing ammunition ship Breydon Merchant on 24 February. - View image in PDF
(Photo Paul Russell). - View image in PDF
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Fig 4: (below) Web frames, stringers, engine bearers and keelson are all now in place. The shape of the propeller tunnels, aft, is already emerging.. - View image in PDF
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Selsey's Tyne class lifeboat City of London tows the wreck of the 34ft yacht Robbery into Chichester Harbour after she had capsized and tost her keel. (Photograph Observer Series). - View image in PDF
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