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When I mentioned at work that I was going to join Ballycotton lifeboat crew, they were so supportive. They know that I need to go home on the dot on training days. They also know I have to eat half an hour before I leave to ensure I’m not...
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Coxswain/Mechanic Ian Firman
Bronze Medal Coxswain/Mechanic Ian Firman of Aldeburgh for the service to the yacht Red House Lugger on 29 August 1996 - see ThtLfftbott Winter 1996/ 7 for a full report of the service. - View image in PDF
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(Left) D Class Inflatable:
(left) D class inflatable: length overall 15ft 6in; beam 6ft 4in; draught 17in; displacement 0.25 tons; maximum speed, 20 knots; range at full speed, 60 nautical miles. The D class inflatable, introduced in 1963, has a crew of two; she... - View image in PDF
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Sisters
GORLESTON, SUFFOLK.—On the afternoon of the 24th October, the Sisters fishing vessel, of Gorleston, was making for the harbour on the ebb tide, the wind at the time blowing a very heavy gale from the S.S.W., right out of the...
The S.S. Baron Graham and The S.S. Duero
Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. — On the night of the 10th February members of the Civic Guard from Waterford brought news that the s.s.
Baron Graham, of Ardrossan, was in distress about eight miles off the Waterford coast. A...
Of the Four Periods In the History of the Lifebout the First Covering the Days of the Pulling and Sailing Boats Is By Far the Longest Launch of the 35Ft Liverpool Lifeboat Samuel Lewis at Skegness In
Of the four periods in the history of the litcbodt. lilt' f i r s t , covering the days of the pulling ami sailing bouts, is by far the longest. Launch of the .Ifft Liverpool lifeboat Samuel Lewis tit Skegness in 1906.. - View image in PDF
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An Explosive Catch
MR. F. DOWNS, a member of the Whitstable inshore rescue boat crew, recently helped to save his own fishing boat from a possible explosion by a German magnetic mine.
His fishing boat, Harvester II, was found to have a German...
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Life-Saving Hammocks
AMONGST the various articles designed to save life on occasions of disaster to ships, perhaps one of the most natural was a seaman's bed or mattress, composed of buoyant materials. Since the space on shipboard for the stowage of anything...
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M.F.V. Gratitude
MFV sinks MFV GRATITUDE, on passage from Lerwick to Macduff, sent a MAYDAY distress call at 0133 on Sunday April 24 to say that she had struck rock at Sumburgh Head; she was still afloat but needed immediate help. Shetland Coastguard...