Despite injury FAIRLIGHT COASTGUARD informed the Hastings deputy launching authority at 1120 on December 23, 1974, that there had been an explosion on board the Argentinian warship Candida de Lasala and medical help was needed. Maroons were...
A new tvpe of lifeboat, known as the Oakley tvpe, came into the service of the Institution in the summer of 1958.
She is 37 feet in length and has a beach weight of 9.12 tons. She is, therefore, light enough to be...
Category: Obituaries
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.<...
John Devereux, 43, of Kilmore Quay lifeboat station joined the crew in 1968 and served as assistant motor mechanic in the years from April 1974 to January 1982, when he was appointed coxswain.
On Christmas Eve 1977, Kilmore...
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Many colleges have their own sports teams, but how many can claim to have their own lifeboat crew? At Atlantic College, a crew made up of teachers and students is on call, ready to swap the classrooms and quarters at St Donat's Castle...
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AT Dover is stationed the only motor life-boat of this type, specially designed for the special conditions of the Straits, across which there is not only the heavy passenger steamer traffic, but a con- siderable daily traffic by aeroplanes,...
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of getting a survivor directly out of the water. How many men does it take to get one man out of the water? Jones: We picked up two men a month ago, and one of them was completely unconscious. We put the scrambling net down; two men went...
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Christmas & New Year 2007 Lifeboats Every booking benefi ts the RNLI Tours From Only £79 Departs: November & December 2007 A full range of festive escorted holidays by coach, air and river cruise. Our new festive brochure...
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THE Blue Book under the above title which is annually presented to Parliament has just been published for the year 1852.
It comes at an appropriate time. Wintry gales, long nights, and dark fogs are the fit accompaniments...
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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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