Word came on 7 April that a dog was in trouble off Dynamite quay, St Ives – and that a man was about to try to rescue it. The tide was rushing out of the estuary, making any such attempt by a swimmer extremely dangerous. When the D class...
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The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger sizes, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for...
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Taken from a painting by Edward Walker of the Mexico and Lytham lifeboat. See 'Prints for Sale' on p. 301..
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(Above) John A. Hay, the first motor lifeboat to be stationed at Stromness. photograph by courtesy of W. Hourston. - View image in PDF
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Above and below: Two of the 11 lifeboats involved in the rescue: Aberystwyth Atlantic 75 Enid Mary and New Quay Mersey class lifeboat Frank and Lena Clifford of Stourbridge Mersey photo: Rick Tomlinson. - View image in PDF
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On the 20th October the sloop Liver, of Carnarvon, was totally wrecked, during a very heavy gale of wind, on the Wharf Sandbank, about three and a half miles from Southport.
As soon as the vessel was seen in distress from...
Jersey: (Right) HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother presents St Helier lifeboat station's centenary vellum to Captain Roy Builen, honorary secretary of Jersey Branch. - View image in PDF
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The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger sizes, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for...
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Mountbatten of Burma, prototype of the experimental intermediate lifeboat RNLI Medina 35, on early trials. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Ambrose Greenway. - View image in PDF
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