The immaculate appearance of lifeboats is no accident, and reflects the pride of a lifeboat station in its boat.
However that glossy finish on the hull has to be put there in the first place, and this is another instance of... - View image in PDF
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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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Medical mock-up: the rescue services' ability to deal with large numbers of survivors, many suffering the effects of burns, chemical contamination, compound fractures and other injuries was put to the test in a complex exercise off the... - View image in PDF
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Miss Elizabeth Armitage who began fund raising for the Institution in 1955; she was chairman of Brixham ladies guild until 1978 and was president at the time of her death. Miss Armitage was a.
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August, 1987 Jack Cole, mechanic at Buckie lifeboat station. Mr Cole joined the crew as mechanic in 1943 until his retirement in 1974, being awarded the BEM in 1974..
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St Catherines C class inflatable (top) ami Aberdeen's D class in a cliff rescue. Speed and manoeuvrability are the essential ingredients in the RNLi's fleet of inflatable lifeboats. - View image in PDF
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April 1987 Captain Olaf Bjornstad, ex-Secretary General of the Norwegian Lifeboat Society. He was appointed an honorary life governor of the RNLI in 1972..
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THE ORIGINAL TILLER MASTER Bought by those who need the Best For Wheel or Tiller Among the thousands sold were those to the first four multihulls home in the 1976 OSTAR and to a 40ft Wharram catamaran which sailed from Australia to the...
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SPEAKING AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, London, at a combined meeting with the Greenwich Forum on February 25, John Archer, head of the Department of Trade's Marine Division, said that despite the growth in the risks facing ships at sea today,...
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