(left) Barnett: length overall 52ft; beam 14ft; draught 4ft 6in; displacement 29 tons; maximum speed, 9 knots; range a! full speed, 350 nautical miles. The Barnett, introduced in 1950, has a crew of seven; she launches down a slipway or lies... - View image in PDF
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The handing over ceremony and service of dedication of the Hayling Island Atlantic 21 lifeboat Aldershot took place at Hayling Island station on Saturday July 4. Aldershot branch, a bequest from Mrs D. M. Chartres and a gift from Cramer all... - View image in PDF
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Where is everybody? This lonely collector was one of the many who collected in Chichester on Saturday 22 July. Even though the collector was suitably dressed in shorts for the very hot weather, most of the public appeared to be at the beach!... - View image in PDF
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ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET the Earl Mountbatten of Burma, who was killed in his motor yacht while on holiday last August, will be remembered, as is his wife, the Countess Mountbatten, as a very good friend of the lifeboat...
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The importance of teamwork Although the RNLI is entirely independent of government, it couldn't operate without the support of official organisations such as the Coastguard, which coordinates all rescues at sea.
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The importance of teamwork Although the RNLI is entirely independent of government, it couldn't operate without the support of official organisations such as the Coastguard, which coordinates all rescues at sea.
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Margate, Kent.—At 8.6 in the morning of the 12th of August, 1948, information was received from S.S. Holdernene, through North Foreland Radio and the coastguard, that a motor launch was in need of help near the Elbow...
Helvick Head, Co. Waterford. — At 5 o'clock in the evening on the 7th of January, 1950, information was re- ceived that the sixteen-feet sailing boat Berlin, with a German and his daughter on board, had left Kilmore Quay for...
Four lifeboats in search for missing anglers Lifeboats from Whitstable, Margate, Sheerness and Walton and Frinton were involved in a massive search for a man and his 12-year-old son after they failed to return in their 14ft boat following a...
High speed response helps mine-damaged trawler to safetyThe fast response time of the high-speed Atlantic 21 was put to good use at Harwich last October when the honorary secretary of the station decided to make use of the rigid inflatable...