The problems encountered by lifeboat designers seeking extra speed have been mentioned before in these pages, as boat design is never as straightforward as it may seem. Increased speed is not just a question of bigger engines or even just of...
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A new Atlantic 21 class lifeboat which will serve in the relief fleet, was named and dedicated at the Institution's Inshore Lifeboat Centre, East Cowes on 25 November 1992.
The cost of the lifeboat had been met from a...
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Pocklington ladies' guild, which has already celebrated its 50th anniversary, held an antique valuation evening last autumn, raising £350. (1. to r.) Mrs Derbyshire, honorary treasurer, Mrs Price, honorary secretary, Charles Hook of... - View image in PDF
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HARWICH.—The steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland, with the reserve Lifeboat in tow, went out on the morning of the 6th January, in a fresh gale from the N.E., snow squalls and a very heavy sea, signals having been fired by the Cork...
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 1.40 A.M. on the 20th January the coastguard reported that a steamer appeared to be ashore three miles N.E.
of Britannia Pier. A gentle...
On service in thick fog without radar A service to a yacht, unsure of its position in very dense fog and running low on fuel off Arran was conducted by the Campeltown lifeboat, with support from the Arran inshore lifeboat, in poor visibility...
Valentla, Co. Kerry.—About 10.45 in the morning of the 2nd of May, 1952, the trawler Amazone, of Camaret, with a crew of nine, left the harbour, but broke down and was in danger of being blown on the rocks at the harbour entrance. The sea...
"Tis a terrible night, and the seas run mountains high, The wind is howling fiercely, with a dark and sullen sky; Eyes are aching and blinded with the driving sleet and rain, And thoughts turn to those who are going out, who may never...
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A fortnight's celebrations of the centenary of Herne Bay last August concluded with life-boat day. Father Neptune, impersonated by Captain J. Irvine H. Friend, M.C., J.P., the chairman of the Margate branch, arriving in the Margate motor... - View image in PDF
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