OF the many hundreds of honorary workers for the Life-boat Cause, those on whom the chief burden and respon- sibility fall are the Honorary Secretaries of the Life-boat Stations. It is a responsibility resting on them the whole time, from...
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Lymington, Hampshire. At 7.5 a.m.
on 22nd June, 1965, the police informed the acting honorary secretary that a fishing boat was overdue. At 7.25 the inshore rescue boat was launched in a slight, gusting to gentle,...
Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 2 November show that so far during 1990: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 3,594 times (an average of more than 9 launches a day) More than 1,190 lives were saved (an average of nearly 3...
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It may be hard to believe, but the same self-righting principle applies to these two lifeboats, separated by more than 125 years of development. The sails and oars may have given way to turbocharged diesels, but the raised fore-and-aft boxes... - View image in PDF
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The following figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the general exterior form of the boat is...
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The Lizard, Cadgwith and Penlee, Cornwall, and Plymouth, Devonshire.— On the 5th March the Italian steamer Eleno sent out a wireless message that her engines had broken down, that she was drifting ashore, and wanted...
AN open-air service was held in Newlyn Harbour on the 26th of September, 1954. The Penlee life-boat W. & S.
was tied up in the harbour and it was from the deck of the life-boat that the Hon. Greville Howard, M.P., a...
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Stuck between high cliffs and high seasFowey Lifeboats launched no fewer than 73 times last year - but few shouts were as dramatic as the one that led to the rescue of a family stranded on a nearby beach, fearing for their lives A camping...
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Below Atlantic 75 Dorothy Selina And D Class Irish Diver. - View image in PDF
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