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Relief Fleet - Mersey Class Marine Engineer
An air of cheerful expectancy surrounded the Docklands Sailing Centre, Isle of Dogs, on 25 April 1991 for the visit of HRH The Duchess of Kent to name the relief Mersey class lifeboat Marine Engineer. The morning dawned bright enough, but... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
47-001 City of London (Above)
Two views illustrating the change in sheer between the two prototypes and the later production boats.
47-001 City of London (above) has the small 'kick1 in the sheer to accomodate the steeper deck camber and false side... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lorn
NOVEMBER 2lST. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. The engines of the Norwegian steamer Lorn, of Bergen, had broken down, but the steamer could not be found. Later it became known that the crew had repaired the engines and the steamer had gone on her...
Gratitude, of Aberystwith,
On the 28th Feb. this life-boat again went out in reply to signals of distress from the schooner Gratitude, of Aberystwith, which, while attempting to cross the bar in a heavy ground sea, had struck on the edge of the North Bank." It...
An R. A. F. Twin -Engine Fighter Monoplane
MARCH 13TH. - BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE.
At 10.24 A.M. an R.A.F. twin - engine fighter monoplane landed on the sands about 250 yards west of Bispham Slade, and was unable to take off again. At 11.40 A.M. a message was received...
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
HOWTH, Co. DUBLIN.—The Life-boat on this station has been replaced by a new 10-oared Life-boat, 34 feet long and 8 feet wide, constructed according to the latest designs. The cost of the new Life-boat, which is named the Tom and Ida,...
Category: Articles
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Clovelly, Devon.—At 9.40 on the night of the 30th of August, 1948, the Croyde coastguard rang up to say that two men had been cut off by the tide and were on a ledge near Seal Rock, Baggy Point. He said he would guide the life-boat to the...
Diana
On the 26th De- cember, 1860, the brigantine -Owit^ of Fredeficfcshamn, from Bordeaux, laden wtft wteat and brandy, struck on a reef of fockd in Ardmore Bay, the wind blowing & gale from S.E. The Ardmore life-boat was soon manned by a...
16 Year-Old Boy Helps to Save Life-Boat
Ox the morning of the 2nd of Novem- ber, 1955, the Aldeburgh no. 1 life-boat Abdy Beauclerk was launched for a routine exercise. A fresh southerly breeze was blowing, and there was a moderate swell.
The life-boat returned...
Category: Services
Framed Letter for Coxswain and Crew
A FRAMED letter of commendation signed by the Chairman of the Institution, Captain the Hon. V. M. Wyndham-Quin, R.N., has been sent to Coxswain David Cox and the crew of the Wells, Norfolk, life-boat for the rescue of a man and a dog from...
Category: Services