Brooke Marine Limited SHIPBUILDERS-ENGINEERS AND CONSULTING NAVAL ARCHITECTS ESTABLISHED 1874 THAMES Type 50 ft Self-Righting Length overall 50' 0' Beam 14' 6' Displacement 23.5 tons Fuel Capacity 400 imp. gallons Twin...
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Quick action saves life of fellow lifeboatman lost overboard It is particularly difficult for a lifeboat crew to go to the rescue of somebody that they know. It makes it even harder when the casualty is a fellow lifeboatman. The crew of...
Drifting out to sea, Helen Hunt thought her time was up Sandra and Helen Hunt, two women from Birmingham, were on holiday at Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire on 1 September 2005. They were enjoying playing on their inflatable dinghies, until they...
A touch of brass can lead to so much more The names of RNLI boats give tantalising hints of their origin. Here, Carol Waterkeyn takes the rare opportunity to meet the man behind one such name When news of a legacy arrives at RNLI...
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AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at Willis's Booms, King Street, St. James's Square, on Tuesday, the 16th day of March 1880, His Grace THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, Lord Privy Seal,...
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Open fishing boat on rocks FISHING IN AN OPEN BOAT at about 0200 on Friday, July 9, 1976, Paul Power saw an 18' open boat go on the rocks near Falskirt Rock, 52° 08'N 7° 02'W, but, the area being filled with lobster...
PALLING.—A new 12-oared life-boat has been placed at Palling, on the Norfolk Coast, by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, in lieu of a smaller one previously there.
The cost of this boat and her carriage, together with a...
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South Western Division Storm search A PROLONGED SEARCH was made by Padstow, St Ives and Clovelly lifeboats in a south-westerly storm for the Danish coaster Lady Kamilla, which foundered off Trevose Head on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1977,...
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