The following figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the general exterior form of the boat...
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V_X)HtCIltS Notes of the Quarter 290 Lifeboat Services 292 Volume XLVIII Number 486 Lifeboat Services, June and July 1983 299 Talking with Dr Sydney Peace of Orkney, by Joan Davies 300 Chairman: THE DUKE OF ATHOLL 15ft 6in D class inflatable...
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Boxmoor and Hemel Hcmpstead branch introduced an auction of small antiques into its annual wine and cheese party this year.
Eighty lots, ranging from antique candlesticks to sets of knives and forks, were put under the... - View image in PDF
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Six 600mm diameter tubular steel piles were driven on each side to support the new galvanised steel substructure which was built up before the decayed timber was cut away.. - View image in PDF
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When a quarter of the country is submerged every monsoon season, flooding in Bangladesh is almost routine. But in July 2015, a flooded inland village called eight beach lifeguards far beyond their ordinary duties. SeaSafe Senior Lifeguard...
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TYNEMOUTH | 30 MARCH
The skipper of a 28-tonne trawler radioed for help when its propeller fouled in fishing gear, leaving the three-man crew adrift 12 miles off Whitley Bay. Tynemouth’s Severn crew towed them to safety, arriving...
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His GRACE THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, LORD PRIVY SEAL, PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION, IN THE CHAIR.
1.—Moved by the CHAIRMAN :— 1.—That the following Noblemen and Gentlemen be the Officers of the Institution for the current...
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Coxswain Jeffrey Wright, of Fleetwood, and the moter mechanic, Sydney Hill, have been awarded the Institution's silver medal, and each of the other four members of the crew its vellum, for rescuing the crew of a motor schooner from the...
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The Service to the S.S. "Hopelyn." By Commander £. S. CARVER, R.D., R.N.R., Inspector of Life-boats for the Eastern District.
ON Friday, 20th October, at about 11 A.M., I arrived at the harbour at Gorleston....