Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 6.39 p.m. on ist August, 1965, the coastguard reported that a cabin cruiser had stopped six miles south of the harbour and might have broken down. There was a west-south-westerly wind of near gale force, a...
Small scale: Terence Amey (I) holds the model he made of Dover's 50ft Thames class lifeboat, Rotary Service, standing on the foredeck of the real thing. Since he completed his fine model, Mr Amey has been able to send some £500 to... - View image in PDF
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MORTAR for MAROONS.
This Signal Maroon has been adopted by the Institution in place of the Rocket Distress Signal because:
1. As there is no metal in its construction the danger of an accident through...
Category: Drawings
We’re very sorry, but at the time of going to print, we were having technical difficulties with gathering the list of launches. This means we are unable to print the list in the usual way this time. We’re very sorry for any inconvenience.<...
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Lifeboatman leaps aboard runaway speedboat An incident on 29 July 1995 in which a speedboat owner fell overboard while retrieving his brother from the water left one of them injured by the boat's propeller and with their boat careering...
Walton and Frinton, Essex. — 30th May, 1939. A yacht had gone ashore on the Buxey Sands, but she got off without help.—Rewards, £14 5s..
Peel, Isle of Man - At 11.28 a.m. on lyth June, 1966, a m.f.v. about three miles off Lhen was seen firing red flares.
The life-boat Clara and Emily Banuell, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 11.55 iQ a south...
Peel, Isle of Man - At 12.58 p.m. on I2th September, 1966, the motor fishing vessel Rosinbhir, of Liverpool, was reported to have broken down six miles north west of Peel. The life-boat Clara and Emily Bar-well was launched at 1.25 in a...
Sick Girl THE DOCTOR at Armadale asked Mallaig honorary secretary at 1400 on Friday, March 21, if the lifeboat would take a sick girl from Sleat Point to Armadale Pier. The 52' Barnett lifeboat EMM.
Gordon Cubbin...
First lifeboat at Skegness, 30ft overall, was built by William Plenty. - View image in PDF
She is portrayed here going to the rescue of the brig Hermione in 1833, Coxswain Samuel Moody at her helm.. - View image in PDF
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