To review the progress made in the Life-boats used on the Coast of Great Britain between the years 1785 and 1900 would be practically to go into the whole history of Life-boat construction, but it is intended in this article only to touch...
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ON the evening of 20th January last year the Danish motor fishing vessel Opal sailed from Buckle and set a course for the Fladden fishing grounds. At about 10.30 p.m. it was discovered that the engine room was flooding. Both main bilge and...
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1,188 lives saved in 1991 Provisional figures for 1991 indicate that lifeboats were called out 4,407 times during last year and that 1,188 people were saved from death at sea by lifeboatmen and women.
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AT the Annual General Meeting of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the London Tavern on Thursday the 15th day of March, 1860, Rear-Admiral the Right Hon. Earl of SHREWSBURY and TALBOT, C.B., V.P., in the Chair, the following Report...
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MKDAUJS IS SHOVVKI) 'BRAVKRV AM) KXPKKTISK Sailor rescued as yacht is driven on to lee shore The coxswain and helmsman of Whitby's two lifeboats, the 44ft Waveney White Rose of Yorkshire and the D class inflatable Gwynaeth, have both...
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MARGATE, KENT.—On the evening of 20th February the Coxswain was in- formed by telephone from the Coast- guard Lookout that lights had been seen at sea. A few minutes later more lights and a rocket were seen in the direction of the Tongue...
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rescue Insight Here is just a handful of incidents from 2007 from around the UK and RoI to give an insight into the thousands of lifeboat rescues carried out each year. See pages 20–27 for rescues marked . 1 freeD frOm rOPeS aS water riSeS A...
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The Lifeboat Mersey class ON 1169 Marine Engineer The Crew • Bronze Atedgf Co» swain Fr«d WalMngton for his 'courage, seamanship skills.
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