Fig 3 (left): The first FSB prototype fitted with aluminium alloy decks and wheelhouse. The after cabin superstructure, also aluminium, can be seen waiting in foreground.. - View image in PDF
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Thirty-five years back • Commander Pearson's encounter with the lifeboat service off the Scottish coast during the last war, described in his letter published in the spring issue of THE LIFEBOAT, interested me very much. Having spent a...
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For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
(Incorporated T y Royal Charter.1 FOUNDED in 1824. — SUPPORTED SOLELY BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
PATRONESS Gracious VICE-PATRONESS.
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Thursday, 19th November, 1935.
Sir GODFREY BARING, St., in the chair.
Resolved that Mr. F. J. Terry, M.A., be appointed joint district organizing secretary for Greater London.
Reported ...
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Long tow in difficult conditions for Skegness and Humber lifeboats Skegness and Humber lifeboats were both involved in a long service when conditions became too severe for a classic, 1920s-built motor yacht on a delivery passage from Great...
Bottom left - Norwegian historic lifeboat, Colin Archer, moors up alongside Waveney class, 44-007.. - View image in PDF
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Coastguard . . .
LT-CDR TIM FETHERSTON-DILKE, the new 'Chief, talks of the re-organisation taking place within Her Majesty's Coastguard, emphasising that its long-standing traditional relationship with the lifeboat...
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John Devereux, 43, of Kilmore Quay lifeboat station joined the crew in 1968 and served as assistant motor mechanic in the years from April 1974 to January 1982, when he was appointed coxswain.
On Christmas Eve 1977, Kilmore...
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SEPTEMBER 20TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. An unusual light had been reported, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £9 7s..
Seventy years ago, St Ives in Cornwall lost seven men to the sea. Their lives are some of the many celebrated by the new RNLI memorial sculpture in Poole
Present-day St Ives Coxswain Tommy Cocking (53) is the great...
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