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Sailing Today
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Book Reviews
• Sir William Hillary, founder of the RNLI, was a man of considerable vision who always pursued his ideas relentlessly, though some of his schemes were not realised until after his death. He_ proposed the formation of an international...
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Experimental R/T Sets for IRBS
Nine inshore rescue boats are being fitted experimentally with very high frequency radio telephones. The boats selected are stationed at Bangor, Berwick- upon-Tweed, Bridlington, Eastney, Holyhead, The Mumbles, Southend-on- Sea, Torbay and...
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The Test Rig Flexing a Sample
The Test Rig Flexing A Sample. - View image in PDF
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Vivid, of Wessex
On the 13th September, the Cahore life- boat again put off, in reply to signals of distress from the schooner Vivid, of Wex- ford, which was stranded about a quarter of a mile from the shore close to Poulduff Pier.
The life...
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Notes of the Quarter, by Patrick Howarth 219 Lord Saltoun, MC, by His Grace the Duke of Atholl, Chairman of the Committee of Management 220 XLVl Two Scottish Lifeboats capsize and right 220 4 /U Mountbatten of Burma 221 HRH The Duke of Kent...
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Services of the Life-Boats In April, May and June, 1954. 91 Lives Rescued
APRIL DURING April life-boats were launched 26 times and rescued 22 lives.
THREE MEN RESCUED FROM SAILING BOAT Margate, Kent.—At 2.50 on the after- noon of the 1st of April, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that he had...
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Snurp VII
Stromness, Orkneys.—At 1.15 early on the morning of the 4th of May, 1957,the Kirkwall coastguard telephoned to say a message had been received that a vessel was ashore in Hoy Sound.
The life-boat Archibald & Alexander M...
A Life-Boat Worker of Four Years Old
THE following story of how a little girl of four years old worked for the Life-boats has been sent to the Institution by the Honorary Secretary of its Llandudno Branch:— "A little girl visitor, Betty Ruth Wharton, of Oldham, only four...
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Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution
SERVICES OF THE LIFE-BOATS OF THE NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.
LLANELLY, SOUTH Witis—On the 7 January, 1867, intelligence was received here that a vessel was amongst the breakers on the Towyn Sands with signals of...
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