Lifeboat quiz answers (from page 18) 1—(a) Aith, Shetlands;(b) Lowestoft, Suffolk; (c) St Helier, Jersey; and (d) Valentia, Co. Kerry.
2—The first lifeboat designed to work under sail was the Frances Ann, built at Lowestoft...
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Developing and supplying specialist equipment for over 4000 crew members is a very expensive exercise. The protective lifejacket pictured above for example costs £180, This is where you and a pair of scissors can help.
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Fishguard - Trent class Blue Peter VII On 17 June 1995 Fishguard's brand new Elm Trent class lifeboat Blue Peter VII was officially named - and, to judge by the number of young people gathered on the foreshore for the ceremony, it was...
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THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 153 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to October 31st, 1951 - 77,528 Foreign Life-boat Services BEFORE the war The Life-boat pub-...
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Below: The crew prepare for the opening. - View image in PDF
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Dark is the night, and fierce are the winds— , On, gallant bark! to the sinking ship, When lo, a cry Nor wind, nor wave Kings wildly forth—"A ship on the rocks, | Can daunt the hearts...
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MARINE AUXILIARII for LIFE-BOAT STATIOh Six-ton "Above Ground" type of electrically driven capstan supplied to the Royal National Life-boat Institution for hauling in the life-boat at Walmer Life-boat...
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MARINE AUXILIARIES for LIFE-BOAT STATIONS the Royal National Life-boat I n s t i t u t i o n for hauling in the life-boat at Walmer Life-boat Station.
Similar capstans have been installed at Hastings, Clovelly and...
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During severe gales which swept the north west on Friday, November 11, New Brighton DODO tractor was in full action.
Going down to check the boathouse at 2230, Crew Member Cliff Downing found the promenade flooded and more... - View image in PDF
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WE record, with great regret, the death on 20th September, at the age of eighty-one, of Commander Thomas Holmes, R.N., late chief inspector of life-boats. Commander Holmes was a Norfolk man, hailing from Morning- thorpe Manor House, Long...
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