The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life-belt are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, and to enable him to support another person besides...
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The Duke of Montrose at The Cromarty Ceremony. - View image in PDF
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Nineteen RNLI lifeboats played their part in the historic Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk in 1940. In 1990 some of those lifeboats, now long retired from active service, returned to...
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IP one can judge by the energy and " push " which have during the last few months been exercised by our Life-boat Saturday Fund friends up and down the country, excellent financial results should be achieved. The summer is...
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COURTMACSHERRY, CO. CORK. On the j 1st January, 1904, the Life-boat Kezia Gwilt rendered very useful service to the barque Faulconnier, of Dunkirk. ' During a strong breeze from E.S.E. and rough sea, with somewhat hazy weather, • the...
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BROADSTAIRS.— The Life-boat Samuel Morrison Collins was launched at 10 P.M. on the 26th January to the assistance of the brig Guide, which had been in collision in the Downs, and had lost both her anchors. The wind was blowing a strong gale...
As it was in the course of my duties as Engineer to tie Institution that I was returning from Ireland on board the Leinster on Thursday morning, October 10th, a short account of my experience will not be out of place in THE LIFE- BOAT...
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THE EXPERIENCES of a number of lifeboats in the severe gales last winter led to the appointment in February, 1978 of a working party to examine what more could be done to reduce the dangers facing lifeboat crews in extreme conditions....
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SEVEN new life-boats were named dur- ing 1953. Four of these boats are stationed on the English coast, at Bridlington, Ilfracombe, Flamborough and Peel; two are in Scotland, at Campbeltown and St. Abbs; and one is in Wales, at Pwllheli. An...
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A day rarely goes past without a lifeboat crew member having to skip a meal as they answer the call for help. So, this October, we’re asking you to host your own dinner party in support of our lifesavers: a fundraising fish...
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