January 29, 1976: British Airways helicopter lifts off crew of 17 from trawler Ben Gulvain when, with engine failure, she had run aground near Aberdeen in gale force winds.
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Fig.4:.. . and stowed on one side. Edian Courtauld, her decks stripped for action, was at Cardnell Brothers for partial survey. Her new air bag has already been fitted to her after cabin top.. - View image in PDF
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'Year of the Lifeboat' I pint Queens Ware mug by Wedgwood is illustrated (black on cream) with portrait of Sir William Hillary, founder of RNLI, and reproduction of painting of a lifeboat attending a wreck at the mouth of the Tyne,... - View image in PDF
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The 37ft Oakley, designed by R. A. Oakley, the Institution's surveyor of lifeboats, was the first modern lifeboat with a self-righting capability, and the first boat of the class to be built, 3. G.
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Again, on the 20th Aug., during a south- westerly gale, the Life-boat proceeded to the schooner Rapid, of Preston, which had a signal flying for assistance, her sails being torn, and her anchors not holding.
On arriving...
On the 21st January, at 10 P.M., in a fresh northerly wind and heavy sea, a vessel, which proved to be the barque Lizzie Bovill, of Newcastle, was seen at anchor near the shore in the neighbour- hood of Palling, and burning signals of...
Thanks of the Institution on Vellum The Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum has been awarded to the following honorary secretaries of life-boat stations on their retirement: MR. G. N. CRAIGHEAD, M.B.E., of Peter- head. (Also...
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Building into the millennium Shoreworks manager Howard Richings reaches the final leg of his epic voyage - travelling from Aith, in the Shetland Islands, to Eyemouth on the Scottish mainland.It is appropriate that we commence the final leg...
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At 9.30 A.M. on the 4th April, during a moderate E.N.E. gale and rough sea, the ketch Woolwich Infant, of Falmouth, parted her cable and drifted rapidly towards the Cowloe Rocks. A signal of distress was hoisted, and in response the...
The Mayor of Poole, Councillor Peter Coles, has chosen the lifeboat service as the charity for his year of office, giving it his personal, and very active support. He is seen here with the Mayoress, Mrs Coles, at a buffet dance at Poole Arts... - View image in PDF
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