Ferry collision HARWICH HARBOUR RADIO received a call at 2251 on Sunday December 19, 1982, from the outward bound roll-on roll-off ferry European Gateway reporting that she was in collision with the inward bound ferry Speedlink Vanguard in...
FAR away inland, when tempests blow Wild through the dark'ning night, We list to the roar of the winds as they go, On their hurricane steeds to the fight; For the hosts of the Storm King are gathering fast Where the white-crested waters...
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The iron motor vessel Innistrahull, of Glasgow, was wrecked immediately behind the break- water of Girvan Harbour during a west by north gale and very heavy sea on the 15th December. On receipt of informa tion of the casualty the Second Cox-...
HRH The Duke of Kent visited the Institution's London base in The Marine Society's premises, Lambeth, last March to attend a meeting of the Committee of Management, the first such meeting ever to be addressed by the President.... - View image in PDF
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THIS interesting work, which is beauti- fully illustrated, is, as its title indicates, well calculated to fulfil the object for which it was written. Any seeking information relative to the LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, its operations and its work,...
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The wind was boisterous, there was rain, and the Ribble looked most uninviting with the rising tide.... We watched them going through the drill from the comfort of the boathouse look-out.'. - View image in PDF
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First skin is laid diagonally: a plank which has been offered up and shaped to lie snugly with its neighbour is cramped into position and fastened to the solid timbers of the boat's frame.. - View image in PDF
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DURING the south-westerly gales of extraordinary violence, which burst over the south-west and south of England in the second week of July, and lasted for two or three days, eight Life-boats along the south coast were launched, and three of...
THE last article on the Installation of the Motor in Life-boats appeared in The Life-boat Journal, VOL XX., No. 225, published in August, 1907, and it will it is thought be of interest to our readers if we review the progress made since that...
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Brian Miles CBE looks back on an eventful 1995 1995 proved to be yet another busy and eventful twelve months for everyone involved with the RNLI.
A highlight had to be the 17th Conference of the International Lifeboat...
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