Early on the 2nd December eleven fishing boats put out to fish in moderate weather. Later the wind and sea rose, and as there would be great risk to the boats as they came in, the motor life-boat Margaret Harker Smith was launched at 11.10 A...
AMERICAN YACHT AGROUND AND HOLED Selsey, Sussex. At 12.45 a.m. on Saturday the 3rd of August, 1963, the Selsey coastguard told the honorary secretary that the American yacht Bolero was aground on a wreck in Bracklesham Bay. At 1.15 the...
Grace Paterson Ritchie, her inflatable dinghy in company, on passage through West man Sound. - View image in PDF
photographs by courtesy of Lieut.-Commander P. E. C. Pickles.. - View image in PDF
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St Cybi (Civil Service No. 9), Holyhead, launches in storm force winds on Saturday, September I I , 1976 photograph by courtesy of J. Cave. - View image in PDF
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Protective clothing for crews of conventional lifeboats is presently supplied by Functional Clothing Co. Ltd. Small modifications to the normal design, including the addition of a hood, are made specially for the lifeboat service.. - View image in PDF
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(above) Alan Jones, coxswain of The Mumbles lifeboat draws the winning ticket for the Wales and West Mercia Region watched by David Steel, director of Volvo agents FRF Motors.. - View image in PDF
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Plymouth bound: Fleet often international lifeboats in company with HMS Ajax off Portland.. - View image in PDF
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(Below) Rear View of the Jacket, Showing The Retro Reflective Tape On Its Safety Harness. - View image in PDF
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THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- swain James Wilson of St. Abbs, who first joined the St. Abbs crew in 1947.
He was assistant mechanic from 1951 to 1953, when he was appointed cox- swain. Since he joined the crew...
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Captain of the darts team of The Swan public house at Faringdon, Oxfordshire, Jimmy Richens, looks remarkably sharp eyed considering this photograph was taken during a gruelling 24-hour marathon in aid of the local RNLI branch. The marathon... - View image in PDF
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