Bude's new 16ft D class inflatable lifeboat in the surf close to shore during a training exercise shortly after her arrival on station.
The Evans/Avon EA 16 lifeboat has a 40hp outboard engine and a top speed of 20... - View image in PDF
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15 June: Yarmouth, Solent At 10.33am a mayday call alerted the Yarmouth lifeboat to a yacht in trouble in gale force winds. A female crew member had been hit by the boom and suffered a serious injury. The...
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Contents ««--Q-* a, Penlee Formal Investigation 221 Volume XL VIII Lifeboat Service. 222 Number 4o4 Happy people: rescued two and saved boat 228 The naming of RNLB Ann Ritchie, Oban 229 Chairman: American Connection: the naming of...
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Royal National Lifeboat Institution Contents Volume 53 Number 523 Chairman: MICHAEL VERNON Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES RD FNI RNR Editor: MIKE FLOYD Assistant Editor: GILL MACE Editorial Assistant: MARY GYOPARI Advertisement...
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Helmsman Keith Willacy has been a member of Morecambe D class inflatable lifeboat crew since 1967; he was awarded the bronze medal in 1973 and the silver medal in 1982.. - View image in PDF
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Seven saved ...along with an historic boatIn the early hours of 8 August 2001, the historic fishing vessel Reaper was on passage from Anstruther to Hartlepool in gale force conditions and rough seas. The 100-year-old herring drifter was...
Below left: A Brighton crew member lends a helping hand to one of the flood's smaller victims.. - View image in PDF
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Lifeboat called to mystery grounding Lerwick - Scotland North Division Lerwick's Arun class Soldian is pictured preparing to come alongside the oil rig standby vessel Seaborne Intrepid following a mysterious grounding on 6 July 1987.<...
August, 1984 Bertie Arthur Charles Legge, a member of Weymouth lifeboat crew from 1940 to 1978, serving as bowman from 1960 to 1976..
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John Swan, Deputy Launching Authority and former Mechanic and Crew Member of Berwick-upon-Tweed lifeboat, retired on 4 March after giving 31 years of service to the station.. - View image in PDF
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