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Building the Fast Slipway Lifeboat—Part IV: Deck and Superstructure
FROM PREVIOUS PARTS of this article it will be remembered that, as the fast slipway boat (FSB) is made of steel, her hull is built upside-down until plating is complete. Here (Figs I and 2) the second of the two prototype FSBs building at...
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Coinin Ban
Family rescue An unusual family rescue began on 11 July 1991 when James Tyrrell, the brother of Arklow's second coxswain and who is also the station's honorary secretary set sail with another friend in his 18ft sailing dinghy Coinin...
Going Alongside and Survivor Recovery
WHEN A LIFEBOAT reaches a vessel in distress in gale or storm force winds she has come to the heart of her problem; how best the people on board may be brought safely to shore. Can she go alongside and take off the survivors. Or is there a...
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Feature: Knowledge Is Power
Lack of knowledge is thought to be the root cause of most deaths in UK and Irish waters, and the RNLI'sSea Safety mission is to counter this. GarethWeekes reportsA relatively new strand of the RNLI's work, Sea Safety was a response...
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(Above) 44' Waveney Class Lifeboat Introduced from Us Coast Guard In 1964 Is First of the Rnli's 'Fast Afloat' Lifeboats Exceptionally Manoeuvrable Her Twin General
(Above) 44' Waveney class lifeboat, introduced from US Coast Guard in 1964, is first of the RNLI's 'fast afloat' lifeboats. Exceptionally manoeuvrable, her twin General Motors Detroit marine diesel engines give a top speed of... - View image in PDF
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Lifeboat Services (From Page 226)
(from page 226) Bridlington, Humbcrside August 3, 20, 22 and 24.
Broughty Ferry, Tayside August 28 and 29 (twice).
Calshot, Hampshire June 10, 19 (twice), July 18 (twice), 19, 29 (twice), August 22 and...
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She Is Ex-Lifeboat the Three Sisters (On771),
• She is ex-lifeboat The Three Sisters (ON771), a 35ft motor Liverpool lifeboat. She was stationed at Coverack, Cornwall, between 1934 and 1954 where she launched 26 times saving 61 lives. She was sold out of service in 1964 and has had a... - View image in PDF
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Building the Fast Slipway Lifeboat—Part II: on the Stocks
TRADITIONALLY, when building a boat in wood, the first operation is the laying down of the keel from which is built up a framework of stem, transom, bulkheads and other transverse and longitudinal members. When building a small boat in steel...
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Dolins
New Quay, Cardiganshire.—At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 27th of June; 1957, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that the fishingfleet had returned to the harbour with the exception of the motor boat Dolins, which had a crew of two...
List of Launches
Station-by-station lifeboat launches for March, April and May 1999 Aberdeen Arun: Mar f and 29 D Class: Mar 6. Apr 4. 18 and May 22 Aberdovcy Atlantic 21: Apr 23. 30. Ma II and 21 Abersoch Atlantic 21-.Apr 13 Aith Severn: Apr 3 and 27...
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