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Royal National Lifeboat Institution Contents Volume 53 Number 529 Chairman: MICHAEL VERNON Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES CUE RD FNI RNR Editor: MIKE FLOYD Editorial Assistant: MARY GYOPARI Advertisement Manager: BARBARA...
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The Barges Ada and Charles Little
SOUTHEND, ESSEX.—A gale of wind having sprung up on the 2nd March, it was feared that the barge Ada, which had arrived from London with a load of granite, would be in need of help. She was lying about half a mile S.E. of the pier-head. The...
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution
SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.—The Life-boat Duncan was launched from this station at 6 A.M. on the 10th October last, and rescued 2 men from a perilous position on board the fishing smack Gleaner. A sudden storm had compelled a number of fishing...
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Fig 5: (Right) Each End of the Three Securing Straps Are Attached to Brackets Bolted to Cabin Sides With Stainless Steel Retaining Pins Although Brackets Make Allowance F
Fig. 5: (Right) Each end of the three securing straps are attached to brackets, bolted to cabin sides, with stainless steel retaining pins.
Although brackets make allowance for six possible positions, it is normal to use... - View image in PDF
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The Scarborough Life-Boat J. G. Graves of Sheffield Going Out on Service
The Scarborough life-boat J, G. Graves of Sheffield going out on service.. - View image in PDF
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and (Left) a Later Atlantic 21 After the Design Had Been Further Developed By The
. . . and (left) a later Atlantic 21 after the design had been further developed by the RNLI base team at Cowes.. - View image in PDF
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SPECIAL DELIVERY
Last issue’s Father of Forecast piece charting the life of Robert FitzRoy certainly caught the imagination – here are just some of the many letters and emails we received …
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Scotland Community News
MACDUFF
SQUAREMEN SUPPORT
Ye Corporation O' Squaremen are supporting 17 local causes this year, and the volunteers at Macduff Lifeboat Station are delighted to be
one of those causes. A...
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Life-Boat Services Round the Coasts
North-East England Boulmer, Northumberland. At 8.50 a.m. on I2th March, 1964, anxiety was felt for the fishing coble Providence which was at sea in deteriorating weather. There was a fresh east-south-easterly breeze with a rough sea, and it...
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Explanation of the Plan
water, the submarine.surveying apparatus will be used in addition to the ordinary mode of sweep- ing ; the stages (with the divers down the chain- ladders on their platforms) being drawn by a screw-steamer about half a-mile the hour, there...
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