The Atlantic 75 class lifeboat. Walters Lifeboat launching off Ter Heyde beach. The KNRM Caterpillar Challenger Tractor of some 260bhp, runs on rubber tracks and while towing an Atlantic on a Large U frame, can achieve speeds of 25kph on the... - View image in PDF
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Sennen Cove's Rother class lifeboat Diana White tows Koo-She and her four-man crew to safety.
The size of the sea can be gauged from the yacht - a sizeable 44ft ketch - as can the difficulty of towing a casualty without... - View image in PDF
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A new D class inflatable lifeboat, the gift of Warminster and District branch, was dedicated at Horton and Port Eynon lifeboat station on Monday, May 25. Major D. S. Fan, who handed over thelifeboat, andMrsFarrare in the centre of the... - View image in PDF
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Weymouth's 54ft Arun class lifeboat Tony Vandervell shows her paces in quieter conditions than those experienced in the services to the three yachts.
Derek Sergeant retired as Coxswain/ Mechanic during November... - View image in PDF
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The two Thames class lifeboats pictured together, possibly for the first time, at the Poole depot following their withdrawal as station lifeboats.
50-002, ex-lslay.
is to become a training... - View image in PDF
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The Liverpool class lifeboat Ti/lie Morrison Sheffield II - seen here in RNLI service at Bridlington - is now a tripper boat in New Zealand. Walter Baguley's letter (left) reminds us that she served as a lifeboat in Sumner, New Zealand,... - View image in PDF
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The Right Honourable The Lord Raglan names Portsmouth's new D class inflatable Lord Raglan.
Funds for the new lifeboat were raised by the landlord and customers of a pub of the same name.
Photo Jeff... - View image in PDF
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John Hartland, a helmsman of the D class inshore lifeboat at Withernsea, joined the lifeboat crew in 1987.
In 1991 he was awarded a Bronze medal in recognition of his high standard of seamanship and great courage, when on... - View image in PDF
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Tower Pier E Class Public Servent Civil Service 44. - View image in PDF
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. . . ready for the 12 '/2-ton lifeboat to gather speed down over the skids and hit the sea.. - View image in PDF
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