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Looking Seaward from the Crew Room Above Walmer Boathouse With the Station's Atlantic 21 Run Out Ready to Launch Over the Shingle Beach.
Looking seaward from the crew room above Walmer boathouse with the station's Atlantic 21 run out ready to launch over the shingle beach.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Roimbahn
Fire at sea 'Very competently handled,' was the verdict of Portpatrick's honorary secretary after his crew put out a blaze aboard the yacht Roimbahn.
with three men and two dogs aboard, on 24...
Horton and Port Eynon Lifeboat Under the Direction of Reg James (I)
Burrows Caravan Site at Morton on the Cower Peninsula has, for several years, held a sports day in aid o/Horton and Port Eynon lifeboat. Under the direction of Reg James (I), a paraplegic, and his helpers, the event raises over £500... - View image in PDF
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Queen of Falmouth
Falmouth, Cornwall - At 11 a.m. on 22nd May, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor launch had fired an orange flare about three miles south by east from Pendennis.
The life-boat Crawford and...
Mine of information
The Lifeboat Enthusiasts’ Society Handbook 2013 is now available, priced £6.50 (including postage and packaging). The booklet details in full the all-weather lifeboat fleet both current and past, together with listings of inshore...
Category: Articles
Reliance, of Whtiby
On the 11th February, the Yarmouth surf life-boat went off in reply to signals of distress from a vessel on the North Beach. A heavy gale was blowing from the S.S.E. at the time. When the life- boat arrived alongside, the sea was making a...
Under the Shelter
The remote control, or extension, beside the mechanic's head as he sits at his controls. The cable for his transmitting microphone can be seen. The microphone itself is tucked into a box beside him. On the extension itself arc the... - View image in PDF
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Douglas, Isle of Man - Ireland Division
Douglas, home of Sir William Hillary the founder of the RNLI, was one of the earliest places in the British Isles to be provided with a lifeboat. Hillary witnessed many shipwrecks there and established the lifeboat stations, himself helping... - View image in PDF
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Thetis of Gothenburg
On the 18th November, the Licensed Victualler life-boat put off, during a strong wind and hazy weather, and rescued from their boat the crew of 16 men belonging to the barque Thetis, of Gothenburg, which had gone on the Woolpack Sand, about...
T H 'Harry' Jones Joined Hoylake Lifeboat Crew In 1937 and Was Second Coxswain from 1963 Until 1974 When He Was Appointed Coxswain; He Was Awarded the Bronze Medal In 1979
T. H. 'Harry' Jones joined Hoylake lifeboat crew in 1937 and was second coxswain from 1963 until 1974 when he was appointed coxswain; he was awarded the bronze medal in 1979.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs