E class 'A major benefit is that this water-driven craft has no propeller that would be damaged by Thames debris. The speed is great for traffic dodging.' Mick Nield, Mechanic,Tower Pier. - View image in PDF
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FlamborOUgh - Atlantic 75 Jason Logg It was a cool and windy morning at South Landing, Flamborough on 18 June 1994 for the naming ceremony and service of dedication of the new Atlantic 75 lifeboat Jason Logg - but fortunately the rain stayed...
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THE new life-boat house at Rhyl was formally opened by the Countess Howe at a ceremony on the 27th of June, 1956. Lord Langford, vice-president of the Rhyl branch, wras in the chair.
Earl Howe, Chairman of the Commit- tee...
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Fishermen saved after 20 hours in ferocious blizzard It took a joint effort by the Mallaig and Kyle of Lochalsh lifeboats, RAF and coastguard helicopters and local fishermen to locate two friends who got lost while out whelking on 27...
THE ex-second coxswain at Padstow, though no longer able to go to sea, still helps the station by making mats out of its old ropes, a craft which he learnt while serving at sea. An active member of the crew also makes them. They are sold...
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SALCOMBE, DEVON On the 4th December, 1943, the Salcombe life-boat rescued the crew of eleven of the Admiralty salvage craft L.C.18.
COXSWAIN EDWIN WILLIAM DISTIN was awarded the bronze medal,.
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TROON, N.B.—This seaport town in Ayrshire having been suggested to the Institution as a desirable station for a Life- boat, and local co-operation having been afforded to the proposed undertaking, such a lx).it has accordingly been placed...
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Members of the Midlands area branch of the British Caravanners Club elect a different charity each year to benefit from its bottle fund. In 1985 the RNLI was chosen and members donated £173; included in this amount was £73.80... - View image in PDF
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• A welcome addition to the yachtsman's library of pilotage is the new book Channel Islands Pilot by Malcolm Robson (Nautical Publishing, £7.50) which contains the following appreciation by Major-General R. H. Farrant, CB, Chairman...
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PALLING-BY-THE-SEA, NORFOLK. — On the 13th August, during a fresh wind from the S.E., the British Workman Lifeboat, on this Station, was launched to the assistance of the barque Zurich, of North Shields, which had stranded o u Hasborongh...