Waveney 13 4m Self-righting Lifeboat sr craft for the total coastguard concept Tracker 19 6m Air-Sea Rescue Launch Manager Military Sales, Fairey Marine Group, Hamble, Southampton, Telephone: Hamble 2661 Telex: 47546.
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24 September: Eastbourne Two jet skiers were attempting a passage from Newhaven to the Sovereign Light Tower when one of their craft suffered engine failure. They tried to use the craft that was still working to...
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The Reculvers Coastguard telephoned at 1.45 A.M. oa the 12th April that a vessel in the Gore Channel, east of Hook Sand, was burning flares for help. A moderate N.W. by N.
gale was blowing with a rough sea. The Motor...
A local club’s sailing session made it a busy Valentine’s day for Aberystwyth lifeboat crew. The B class Spirit of Friendship was launched when a dinghy was seen capsizing several times, with her two-person crew having more and more trouble...
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Regular customers of the Brewery Shades pub, Crawley, raised £89 by dropping coins and notes behind a glass screen in the bar.
A competition to guess how much was behind the screen was won by Rufus, a dog.
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A Topping idea...
It is not often that one sees the director of the RNLI wearing a hard-hat, laying concrete, sporting a sprig of yew tree and then supping a glass of ale - especially when perched on the top of a...
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Coxswain Harold Coyde, who was awarded the Institution's silver medal for a service in 1964, is in charge of the Torbay life-boat.. - View image in PDF
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self-righting calculations. This is one reason why the Arun and FAB 3 (left) have a proportionally greater superstructure volume than the smaller classes of lifeboat such as the Tyne (right) and Mersey - whose deck is low enough to recover... - View image in PDF
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To Celebrate the Queen Mother's 90th Birthday A LIMITED EDITION OF 5000 Magnificent pieces to honour H.M. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's 90th Birthday A LIMITED EDITION OF 500 The Queen Mother's Favourite Flou-ers Plate...
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SEPTEMBER 12TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE, AND LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.
Early in the morning news was received at both stations through the coastguard, from the naval authorities, that the naval salvage vessel Salvage King was...