EXMOUTH, DEVON.—A new Life-boat has been placed on this Station, in lieu of the old boat, and the gift by Mrs. JOSEPH SOMES of Annery House, North Devon, of 3,0001. to the Institution to defray the cost of a Life-boat and its permanent...
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LIFE-BOAT OARS.
As a life-boat has, in the majority of eases, to be propelled by oars, and as, in order to rescue a shipwrecked crew, she has generally to be rowed to windward against a heavy sea and strong wind, it...
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Arrival of New Dunbar Life-Boat at Her Station. - View image in PDF
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The new Barry Dock life-boat Arthur and Blanche Harris circling the harbour after the naming ceremony.. - View image in PDF
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Arranmore, Co. Donegal. During the afternoon of the 22nd of October, 1960, the honorary secretary was informed that the Greek vessel Argo Delos was aground on Inishtrahull Island.
The life-boat W. M. Tilson put out at 4.30....
Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 2.35 p.m.
on 13th January, 1965, the assistant motor mechanic informed the honorary secretary that four motor fishing vessels were still at sea in very bad weather conditions. The life-boat Tillie...
Survival skills, intrepid explorations and coastal cruises – get ready for an adventure this spring
The Cape Horner’s Club: Tales of Triumph and Disaster at the World’s Most Feared Cape by Adrian Flanagan
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ON the evening of Sunday the 23rd of December, last, a choir of over twenty voices, and a harmonium, gathered on the deck and in the cockpit of the Eastbourne life-boat Beryl Tollemache in her boat-house, and over the life- boat's radio...
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Left to right: Senator the Rt. Hon. Andrew Jameson (Chairman, City of Dublin Branch), Her Excellency Mrs. James McNeill, Major Arthur Whcwell (Chairman, Special Effort Committee), Mr. R. Noel Guinness (Honorary Secretary), Mr. B. J. Newcambe... - View image in PDF
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Yachts and pleasure boats represent almost 60% of lifeboat launches, so these were the first target for the RNLI's Sea Safety initiative. Even the most well-found vessel can find herself in trouble, but the aim of the initiative is to... - View image in PDF
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