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Atlantic 21
The Atlantic 21, which takes its name from Atlantic College in Wales where it was first developed, has a Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) hull with Inflatable sponsons and a rollbar assembly above the two outboard engines on the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Above and Below Left: Sea Check Coordinator Mike Dymond
Above and below left: SEA Check Coordinator Mike Dymond makes a thorough equipment check aboard Orkney Day ng/erSamaki II.
N-B- Steve Mills, the owner of the boat, was so impressed with the scheme he has since become a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Barrus
MARINE DIVISION Suppliers of OUTBOARD ENGINES to the RNLI INSHORE LIFEBOATS for over 25 years OUTBOARDS are adapted to meet the stringent and safety performance requirements specified by the RNLI For full information contact: Launton Road ...
Category: Advertisement
Six Medals for Gallantry
Six Medals for Gallantry WEST KIRBY, CHESHIRE On the 6th February, 1943, two men in a small boat were rescued.
MR. BENJAMIN S. ARMITAGE was awarded the bronze medal.
MR. HERBERT JONES, coxswain of the...
Category: Medals
A Royal Naval Air Service Aeroplane
NOVEMBER 21ST. - BROUGHTY FERRY, ANGUS. A Royal Naval Air Service aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but the pilot was rescued by a small boat from the shore.
- Rewards, £13 13s. (See Easthaven, “Services by Shore-boats...
An Aeroplane (123)
AUGUST 19TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, AND HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE. An R.A.F. aeroplane had been reported down in the sea in the estuary of the River Dee, but nothing was found. - Rewards : New Brighton, £9 5s.; Hoylake, £17 10s..
An Anson Aeroplane
FEBRUARY 2ND. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE.
An Anson aeroplane had been reported to have crashed in the sea, but the life-boat was recalled by the naval authorities. - Rewards, £5 16s. 6d..
A Naval Motor Boat
DECEMBER 16TH. - PLYMOUTH, DEVON.
A naval motor boat had foundered while going ashore from minesweeper H.M.S. Tenby in a gale, but the life-boat, which made a long search, found nothing. Of the eight men in the boat, seven...
Five Years of War
In the five years since war was declared on 3rd. September, 1939, our lifeboats have put out to the help of ships and aeroplanes 3,385 times and have rescued 5,777 lives. That is an average of 22 lives every week. It is more lives rescued in...
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane’s Dinghy
FEBRUARY 11TH. - CLOUGHEY, AND DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN. The lifeboats were called out to search for an aeroplane’s dinghy and it was found by the Donaghadee life-boat, but it was only a test call by the air-sea rescue service. - Rewards,...