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Super-Quality of Life-Boats. Some Examples from the Recent Gales
By Captain Howard F. I. Rowley, C.B.E., R.N., Chief Inspector of Life-boats.
IN an article with the above title which appeared in The Lifeboat for February, 1925, I pointed out the reasons why, in material and construction...
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The Belgian Trawler Zeemalspit Aground—Yarmouth Life-Boat Picked Up Her Crew of Five
The Belgian Trawler Zeemalspit Aground—Yarmouth Life-Boat Picked Up Her Crew of Five. - View image in PDF
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Levant, of Bristol
On the evening of llth May, a signal of distress having been hoisted at the Rock Light, the Rescue tubular life-boat immediately pro- ceeded down the Rock Channel, in tow of the steam-tug Universe, till within a mile and a quarter of the...
Branches of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, With Names of the Contributors
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Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
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Boats, bangles and bands: the occasion was the annual bazaar of the Hakin Point branch
Boats, bangles and bands: The occasion was the annual bazaar of the Hakin Point branch and once again crowds attended for boat trips, bargains and other attractions, one of which was the fishing boat race organised by the South West Wales... - View image in PDF
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Windgap, of London
AUGUST 7TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 10.50 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that North Foreland Radio had picked up a message from the American steamer City of Alma that a motor yacht to the north of Dumpton Buoy was in need of immediate...
These Two Whisky Bottles Contained Over £200 Collected By Customers of the White Hart Aldeburgh to Put Towards the Aldeburgh Lifeboat Appeal the Two Men About to Take a Short Cut to Emptyi
These two whisky bottles contained over £200 collected by customers of the White Hart, Aldeburgh, to put towards the Aldeburgh lifeboat appeal. The two men about to lake a short cut to emptying the bottles are (I.) John Driver and (r.)... - View image in PDF
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Coya, of Greenock
JULY 30TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX.
At 5.20 in the afternoon the coastguard reported a sailing yacht making heavy weather. Thirty-five minutes later they reported that she appeared to be showing a distress signal. A...
Catherine of Newry
On the 19th February the services of the Fleetwood life-boat were again called into requisition. A vessel with a flag of distress flying, was observed to be on shore; the wind blowing a gale from N.N.W. at the time, with heavy squalls. The...