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The Life-Boat of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
Deck Plan.
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Body Plan. Midship Section.
The accompanying figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, and air-chambers of one of these...
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To Show That He Is Still Young at 60 Gordon Gav/Or Planned a Marathon of 12 Sports
To show that he is still young at 60, Gordon Gav/or planned a marathon of 12 sports which he had to complete within 12 hours. In order of performance, they were: glider flying, swimming, boxing, cycling, roller skating, accordion playing,... - View image in PDF
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The Sailing Boat, St. Brendon, of Dungarvan
SEPTEMBER 1ST. - HELVICK HEAD, CO. WATERFORD. At 4.45 in the afternoon the sailing boat, St. Brendon, of Dungarvan, was sailing round the Black Rock in Dungarvan harbour. She had five on board. A north-westerly breeze was blowing and the sea...
The S.S. Onshun
DOCTOR TAKEN OUT TO LIBERIAN STEAMER Eastbourne, Sussex. At 11.6 on the morning of the llth May, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man on board the s.s. Onshun of Monrovia, had received severe burns and needed...
The S.S. lano
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 12.30 early on the morning of the 4th of November, 1957, the Foreland coast- guard telephoned that a steamer anchored in Sandown Bay appeared to be dragging. The life-boat crew were alerted, and half an hour...
The Old Boathouse
with the motor life-boal Henry Frederick Swan, on her trolley at the top of the slipway.. - View image in PDF
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Ethel Edith
On the morning of the 18th February a message was received from the King's Harbour Master that Yealm coastguard had reported that a vessel, apparently flying distress signals, was anchored about three miles south-west of Mew- stone. A...
Doris and Ben Tart: the Story of the Dungeness Lifeboat Station Is Not Only the Story of Their Boat—It Is the Story of Their Own People Photograph By Courtesy of the Kent Mes
Doris and Ben Tart: the story of the Dungeness lifeboat station is not only the story of their boat—it is the story of their own people. - View image in PDF
Photograph by courtesy of the Kent Messenger.. - View image in PDF
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The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc
AFFINITY WITH Royal Bank of Scotland pic DO YOU USE A CREDIT CARD? If you do, or you are considering re-arranging your finances in any way you could be helping directly to fund the RNLI with every transaction you make.
Not...
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The Duke of Kent's
The Duke of Kent's first visit on Orkney on May 10 was to Longhope where he laid a wreath at the memorial to the eight lifeboatmen who lost their lives in the disaster of 1969. The Memorial was unveiled by HM The Queen Mother in... - View image in PDF
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