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Fig 4: John Chadwick Rnli District Surveyor of Lifeboats South West Checks With Plumb Line the Distance of Centre of Air Bag End from Centreline of Cabin Top the Bag Like
Fig. 4: John Chadwick, RNLI district surveyor of lifeboats, south west, checks with plumb line the distance of centre of air bag end from centreline of cabin top.
The bag, like hovercraft skirts, is made of two layers of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Arranmore’s Lifeboat Really Did Face ‘all weathers’, Like This Severn Class, And The Inflatable Y Boat Stored On Top Proved Invaluable Once The Storm Began To Ease
Arranmore’s lifeboat really did face ‘all weathers’, like this Severn class, and the inflatable Y boat stored on top proved invaluable once the storm began to ease. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Inaugural Ceremonies of Motor Life-Boats
Southwold and Dunwich ; Yarmouth, Isle of Wight; Great Yarmouth and Gorlcston ; Montrose.
DURING the past summer the Inaugural Ceremonies of five Motor Life-boats have taken place. The first of these, the inauguration of...
Category: Inaugurations
End of season drama
It was approaching the last hour of duty for lifeguards at Pendine, Carmarthenshire, but they wouldn't be hanging up their wetsuits for the year just yet.
On 5 September 2010 John O’Boyle, James Shuttleworth and Matt...
Category: Articles
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
WELLS, NORFOLK.—A new life-boat establishment has been formed by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION at Wells, on the coast of Norfolk. There was a considerable length of coast in the district without a life-boat, and as vessels frequently...
Category: Articles
The Earl of Shaftesbury, K.G., and the Lifeboat Cause
At the Annual Meeting of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, on the 17th March last, the EARL off SHAFTESBURY was present, and delivered the following interesting speech. He said:— " The Committee of this society has conferred ! upon me...
Category: Articles
Here and There
AN RNLI JUBILEE FAYRE, organised by a committee representing several North Cornwall branches, will be held on the Royal Agricultural Show grounds, Wadebridge, on Wednesday, August 24.
The grounds have kindly been made...
Category: Articles
Foreign Awards and Thanks
EWARDS or thanks for the help of 'e-boats have been received during ie present year from the Governments "[ five foreign countries, Belgium, Jenmark, Finland, Italy and the Jnited States of...
Category: Awards
Henry Browne and Son Ltd
We take pride in the fact that we supply COMPASSES AND NAVIGATIONAL EQUIPMENT TO THE R.N.L.I.
FULL RANGE ON DISPLAY IN OUR LONDON SHOWROOM Write for illustrated catalogue of compasses Henry Browne & Son Limited Compass...
Category: Advertisement
Annual Awards 1974
The Maud Smith Bequest Award for the bravest act of lifesaving by a member of a lifeboat crew in 1974 has been awarded to Coxswain Tom Richard 'Ben' Tart of Dungeness. On February 11 the Dungeness lifeboat under Coxwain Tart's...
Category: Awards