Three generations of the Cannon family aboard the Ramsgate lifeboat. The youngest, Ian (right) joined the crew on his 17th birthday, while father Roy (centre) has been coxswain for 18 years, and grandfather Bob (left) was previously the... - View image in PDF
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(Top) 12-009 indicates a 12m long lifeboat (and therefore a Mersey), the leading zero after the dash indicates aluminium or steel (aluminium in the case of Merseysi and the W shows that she is the ninth of the class to be built.. - View image in PDF
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Dave Kennett is coxswain of the Yarmouth lifeboat. Having joined the crew in 1968, he served as second coxswain from 1969 until his appointment as coxswain/mechanic in 1971.
Since 1979, Dave has been the station's... - View image in PDF
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Spurn Head and its spit are fascinating geological features - but they are a problem for the RNLI and the Humber Pilots who both operate there.
The lifeboat can be seen lying afloat off the T-shape pier on the left of the... - View image in PDF
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(Above) On receipt of distress messages HM Coastguard alerts lifeboat stations, co-ordinates search and rescue operations and is the link between lifeboat and honorary secretary.. - View image in PDF
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The relief Whitby lifeboat Owen and Ann Aisher meets heavy seas as she goes to the aid of the MFV Sophie Louise, visible between her bow and the pier head, after the vessel's rudder had jammed while attempting to enter the... - View image in PDF
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Great Yarmouth and Gorleston's new 44ft Waveney lifeboat, Barham, with Lowestoft lifeboat, the 47ft Watson Frederick Edward Crick in attendance. - View image in PDF
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Below: Some of the myriad items made at Cowes Inshore Lifeboat Centre to turn mflatables into inflatable lifeboats intrigue young visitors.. - View image in PDF
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Bernard Byrne comes of a traditional lifeboat family and, like his uncle, Philip, in former years, is coxswain of Arranmore lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
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