The air is heavy with the unmistakable smell of sawn timber and Stockholm tar and jangles gently to the sound of a distant bandsaw as I watch a boatbuilder ease a plank into place around the gaunt frames of an 18ft launch under construction....
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LIFEBOAT SERVICES November and December 1994, January and February 1995 Continued from page 21 Valentia, Co Kerry 52ft Arun ON 1082: Dec 29, Jan 13 and Feb 24 Walmer, Kent Atlantic 21: Dec 18, Jan 15, Feb 2 and 26 Walton and Frinton, Essex...
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By Commander STOPFORD C. DOUGLAS, R.N., Inspector for the Irish District.
THE passage of this boat from Cowes to Kingstown gave her a. test to which Life-boats are not often subjected.
Many'encounter...
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SCARBOROUGH, Thursday June 11, 1987: Scarborough's 37ft Oakley class lifeboat Amelia searches with the station's D class inflatable boat for a 13-year-old Grimsby schoolboy, swept from the Royal Albert Drive slipway by a large wave...
FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
THE beautiful obverse of this medal, executed by the late L. C. WYOIT, Esq., represents the bust of QUEEN VICTORIA, Her Majesty's locks gracefully waving and gathered in a...
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ya/Nati Appeal "TbeLynmouth Lifeboat, ijth January 1899'by £Marl Myers RSMA The Perfect Gift for you and the RNLI The RNLI's Limited Edition Appeal has proved a resounding success, with thousands of pounds already raised...
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Obvertt.—An unlaureated head of George the Fourth; beneath, in minute letters, "W. Wyon, Mint; double legend, " Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck."—" George the Fourth, Patron,...
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When Cdr Bruce Cairns, chief of operations, visited Flint in the spring he had a special word of praise for the very high standard that has been achieved by this ILB station. Cdr Cairns (I.
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Aberdeen, Grampian Relief 52ft Arun ON 1103: Apr 25 D class: Apr 7 and 30 Abersoch, Gwynedd /Wante:23: Apr 16,19,22, May 6, 8,14,28 and 29 Aberystwyth, Dyfed Atlantic 75: Apr 21 Aldeburgh, Suffolk 12/M Mersey ON 1193: Mar 4 and May 22 D...
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