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South African Lifesavers
On the outside of the lifeboat station was a board recording the number of launches, people assisted and so on. 'That's the important one', said a crew member, pointing to 45 lives saved. Only the sharp shadow of his hand cast...
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Relief Tyne:
Relief Tyne: (above) After naming the new 47ft Tyne lifeboat RNLB Sam and Joan Woods at RNLI Pools depot quay on June 28, Mrs A. W. Hemsted was invited aboard; with her is Cdr Bruce Cairns, chief of operations.. - View image in PDF
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Lottery Prize Holidays
The latest Autumn Lifeboat Lottery features some really interesting holidays that have been kindly donated by Warner Holidays.. - View image in PDF
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Stranded in a storm
When a trawler hit propeller problems in force 9 winds and high seas, it took the skill and bravery of two lifeboat crews to bring the fishermen back to safety
On the belts, in the pockets and...
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Building the Fast Slipway Lifeboat—Part II: on the Stocks
TRADITIONALLY, when building a boat in wood, the first operation is the laying down of the keel from which is built up a framework of stem, transom, bulkheads and other transverse and longitudinal members. When building a small boat in steel...
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The Kaliningrad-Registered Factory Trawler Borodinskoye Polye
Just eight days later Soldian was once again at sea on service to another factory ship in severe weather. At 2310 on Wednesday 17 November the Kaliningrad-registered factory trawler Borodinskoye Polye went ashore on the Unicorn reef in the...
The Prototype 14M Fast Afloat Boat (Fab 4) Is at Present Being Fitted Out at William Osborne's Yard In Littlehampton See Page 90 for Details of the 17M Fab 3 No
The prototype 14m Fast Afloat Boat (FAB 4) is at present being fitted out at William Osborne's yard in Littlehampton. See page 90 for details of the 17m FAB 3, now afloat for trials.. - View image in PDF
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Lifeboats from Some of the Participating Nations Rafted Up In the Oslo Fiord
Lifeboats from some of the participating nations rafted up in the Oslo fiord. The RNLI's Arun class Duke olAtholl is second from the left, and on the extreme right is one of the classic Norwegian Colin Archer-designed sailing lifeboats -... - View image in PDF
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A Stained Glass Window Dedicated to the Lifeboat Service Was Unveiled at the Church of Scotland Crown Court London on April 21: It Shows a Pulling Lifeboat
A stained glass window dedicated to the lifeboat service was unveiled at the Church of Scotland, Crown Court, London, on April 21: it shows a pulling lifeboat going to the rescue of a steam tug and records the Institution's 150th... - View image in PDF
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Saving Life from Shipwreck
IN the Wreck Returns presented by the Board of Trade every year to Parliament, it is recorded that, from the very nature of the circumstances, the largest number of lives saved from founderings and collisions in the seas of the British Isles...
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