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R Wright & Son (Marine Engineers) Ltd
Something special ? Wright away sir! TANKS For almost half a century Wrights have specialised in the fabrication of tanks from 5 to 50,000 gallons in stainless steel, aluminium, or mild steel, either one-off or on a production run. We are...
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R Wright & Son (Marine Engineers) Ltd
Something special ? Wright away sir! TANKS For almost half a century Wrights have specialised in the fabrication of tanks from 5 to 50,000 gallons in stainless steel, aluminium, or mild steel, either one-off or on a production run. We are...
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REMEMBERING PRINCESS VICTORIA
31 January 1953. A storm is building that will cause one of the UK’s worst natural disasters. Despite the gale warnings, at 7.45am the British Railways ferry Princess Victoria begins her regular passage across the Irish Sea. She will never...
Category: Articles
The Case Tractor T29
The Case tractor, T29, was the third type L to be converted for use by the RNU by the Roadless Traction Co and had been stationed at Redcar from 1938 to 1957 and then at Filey until 1964. It was sold to a York farmer who used it for pulling... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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 …
'A FANTASTIC READ'
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Category: Articles
The First of the Atlantic 21S,
The first of the Atlantic 21s, and the forerunner of all rigid inflatables now widely used for commercial and leisure purposes.
Developed at Atlantic College and using a rigid buoyant floor surrounded by a continuous... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Bookshelf
The Story of the Filey Lifeboats The Story of the Buckie Lifeboats by Jeff Morris published by the author, prices and availability in text Two more new editions of Jeff Morris's authoritative lifeboat station histories, each brought...
Category: Articles
Management of Boats In a Surf and Broken Water
To the Editor of the Life-Boat Journal.
SIR,—I HAVE read with considerable interest your Article in the Life-Boat Journal, on the management of boats in a surf and broken water, and must beg to offer some remarks upon it;...
Category: Correspondence
More Than 150 Services of Thanksgiving Have Been Held Around Britain and Ireland In Norwich Cathedral the Rnli Standard Is Carried to the Altar Photograph By Court
More than 150 services of thanksgiving have been held around Britain and Ireland. In Norwich Cathedral the RNLI standard is carried to the altar. Photograph by Courtesy of Eastern Daily Press. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Author With Amy Strath and (/) May Mcmaster Mbe Miss Strath Has Only Recently Retired from the Position of Assistant National Organiser After 36 Years of Exemp
The author with Amy Strath and (/.) May McMaster, MBE. Miss Strath has only recently retired from the position of assistant national organiser, after 36 years of exemplary service in the Institution's Dublin office. Mrs McMaster is... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs