On the afternoon of 22nd July, 1970, after parting company with the Y.L.A.
chairman homeward bound in his Black Cygnet, I was on passage in our 7-ton sloop Ar-Men from FAbervrac'h bound for Roscoff. It was a fine sunny...
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Anne Noonan was 20 years old when she gave birth to her son aboard a merchant ship lying off the Cornish coast. The Fravizo had no doctor aboard so her Captain requested that Anne and baby Tim be taken ashore for a...
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The builders of the boat: (I.
to r.) V. Greenyer, D. Belchamber, T. Merritt, J.
Legg, L. Durham, R. Silverson, the senior boatbuilder, S. Merritt, K. Boulding, R.
Churchill and E. Morgan.... - View image in PDF
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The Life-boat Joseph and Mary was launched from this station, at 8.30 A.M. on the 24th October, to go to the assistance of the brig Cuba, j of Abo, bound from that port to London, ! having a crew of 8 men. The vessel had I gone on shore on...
AFTEK their busiest winter on the seas for twenty years, life-boatmen have been very busy during the past year on the air. There have been nine broadcasts in which English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh coxswains have taken...
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The thousandth member to be signed on at the London International Boat Show last January was Mr M. S.
Bravery (r.). With him (I. to r.) are two of the volunteer enrolling team, Harold Appleton and Ian Taylor, Mrs Bravery... - View image in PDF
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SEPTEMBER 1982 Extracts from the log of Acting Motor Mechanic ALEC MOORE of the delivery trip of the 46ft 9in Watson lifeboat Herbert Leigh at the end of her time as a station boat; she is now in the relief fleet. For the voyage the other...
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THE weather in the British Islands forces itself so much on our attention, and is naturally such a constant topic of dis- cussion, that papers on the subject, especially when written by any one having access to the records of the Royal...
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BooKs BOOKS From the history of lifeboats and lighthouses to pastimes for Winter evenings, Carol Waterkeyn reviews what’s new on the shelves this season Sea stories – new writing from the National Maritime Museum Various writers This...
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The Duke of Kent described the decision to establish the head office in Poole as bold, and also wise; he was pleased to see the familiar stone lifeboatman still at the door, now gazing out to sea. A service of dedication was conducted by The... - View image in PDF
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