LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Aberdeen - D Class Trevor Edwin Jones
Sally Trewren, the 12-year-old daughter of ex-Coxswain Norman Trewren, whose book funded the lifeboat, names Aberdeen's new D class with a radio microphone recording her every word.. - View image in PDF
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Lifeboat Services from Page 12
1004 the Atlantic 21 ILB Blue Peter II launched on service with David Jones as helmsman and John Askew and Simon Dubberley as crew; the honorary medical adviser, Dr Jack Dubberley, also embarked.
The sky was overcast with a...
Category: Services
Fifty Medals for Gallantry (12)
On the 5th December, 1939, the Broughty Ferry life-boat rescued the crew of nine of the steam trawler Quixotic, of Aberdeen.
COXSWAIN JAMES COULL was awarded the silver medal.
SECOND COXSWAIN GEORGE B....
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E Class
E class 'A major benefit is that this water-driven craft has no propeller that would be damaged by Thames debris. The speed is great for traffic dodging.' Mick Nield, Mechanic,Tower Pier. - View image in PDF
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D Class
Length 4.9m (16ft) Beam 2m (6ft 7in) Displacement Approx 745lb Speed 20 knots Endurance 3 hours at max. - View image in PDF
speed Crew 2 or 3 Construction Nylon coated with hypalon. - View image in PDF
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Tamer Class Prototype
Tamar class prototype lifeboat Photo: DHL. - View image in PDF
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D class is top class
The roll out of the latest generation of D class inshore lifeboat, the IB1-type, looks likely to be complete by the end of the year. As soon as a new boat is built for and delivered to Teddington Lifeboat Station, every D class on active...
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