Lifeboat called to mystery grounding Lerwick - Scotland North Division Lerwick's Arun class Soldian is pictured preparing to come alongside the oil rig standby vessel Seaborne Intrepid following a mysterious grounding on 6 July 1987.<...
Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. At 3.20 on the morning of the 13th of February, 1959, a message was received from the honorary secretary at Rosslare Harbour that a Dutch vessel was stran- ded on the rocks in Dunmore Bay and was sending...
IN the February 1896 number of the Life-boat Journal it will be remembered that the account of the growth of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITU- TION'S fleet of Life-boats was brought up to 1885, the fleet then consisting of 284 boats....
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Life-Boat Workers at The Carlisle Cafe Chantant Wearing Aprons With The House Flag of the Institution. - View image in PDF
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The new Barry Dock life-boat Arthur and Blanche Harris circling the harbour after the naming ceremony.. - View image in PDF
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Above: In force 5–6 winds, Anthon leaves the protection of the Myrtle Maud and takes to the Y boat. - View image in PDF
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Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—During the morning of the 29th of March, 1952, the local motor pleasure vessel South- end Britannia parted her moorings in bad weather and was driven ashore a hundred yards east of the pier. The owner asked for the...
LIBERIAN VESSEL Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 2.30 a.m. on 23rd February, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a vessel was aground opposite Brook coastguard lookout. There was a near gale from the south-east with a rough sea,...
The hull form of the Waveney is shown clearly as the first UK-built boat (44-002) undergoes her righting trial in October 1966. - View image in PDF
Note the flat sections aft to promote planing.. - View image in PDF
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UNDER THE NEVER-CEASING INFLUENCE of current and tidal stream, the coastline of our islands quietly moulds its contours to the pattern of the sea. Equally, our seaboard towns and villages reflect in their industries, population and way of...
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