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Yachts
Ferry horror ppy endingEven experienced sailors can sometimes get caught out by unusual circumstances. Saturday 5 May was a bright, clear day, one of the first weekends this year with ideal weather for a pleasant day's...
The Yacht Orchid II Pictured on 11Th July, 1970,
The yacht Orchid II pictured on 11th July, 1970, in trouble on the ebb tide on Caernarvon bar. Before the photograph was taken storm oil had been used by the Porthdinllaen life-boat (pictured in the foreground) to calm the sea. One man was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Two Thames Class Lifeboats Pictured Together
The two Thames class lifeboats pictured together, possibly for the first time, at the Poole depot following their withdrawal as station lifeboats.
50-002, ex-lslay.
is to become a training... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Right - the Ex-RNLI Lifeboat Ramsay Dyce.
Right - The ex-RNU lifeboat Ramsay Dyce.
ON 344, which served at Aberdeen, Lochinver and in Shetland, The vessel is maintained in the original colours of 1958 and, externally, is original. It is owned by Keith Oliver of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The French Naval Trawler La Nantaise
JULY 8TH. - WALMER, KENT. The French naval trawler La Nantaise had been sunk in collision with the British steamer Helen Crest, but a tug rescued fourteen of her crew. The remaining eleven were lost.
- Rewards, £16...
Illustration from the Lifeboat February 1881 of the Wreck of Indian Chief: Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford In Tow of the Tug Vulcan
Illustration from THE LIFEBOAT, February 1881, of the wreck of Indian Chief: Ramsgate lifeboat, Bradford, in tow of the tug Vulcan..
Category: Drawings
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
Si. ANDREW'S, N.B. —- The Life-boat placed on this station some years since by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION had done good service from time to time, it having saved 22 lives from different ship- wrecks ; but last year it was found...
Category: Articles
"The Brotherhood of Man:" A Tribute to the Life-Boat Service
DUBIXG the war our life-boat men were condemned by some people because they rescued those, who (in the opinion of certain folk) should have been left to perish. Some of these angry people wrote letters to the papers to ask why the men who...
Category: Articles
The Crew of "Joseph Et Yvonne." Taken from the Life-Boat
The Crew of "Joseph Et Yvonne' Taken From The Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coxswain Blogg and the Skipper of the Barge, Captain Joseph Hemstead
Coxswain Blogg and The Skipper of the Barge Captain Joseph Hemstead. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs