The following figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the general exterior form of the boat...
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The following figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the general exterior form of the boat is...
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Margate, Kent, Walton and Frinton, Essex, and Ramsgate, Kent.—At 1.33 in the morning of the 18th of January, 1952, the Margate coastguard telephon- ed the Margate life-boat station that the North Foreland Radio Station had reported a message...
The same life-boat and two steam-tugs also succeeded, with much difficulty, in rescuing the ship Constantia, of Bremen, and her crew1 of 26 men, that vessel having grounded on the Goodwin Sands, in a heavy gale of wind, with heavy snow-...
Porthcawl’s B class lifeboat Rose of the Shires was launched into the sweltering heat of 26 June to help six people in the water. Three children were being swept out to sea on bodyboards; their mother and grandfather tried to swim out to...
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SICK MAN TAKEN OFF RUSSIAN FREIGHTER Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire. At 4.30 on the afternoon of the 4th October, 1962, a message was received that the freighter Zenit of Leningrad, which was anchored off the Nelson buoy, had a man on...
THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general character of one of the 268 Life-boat Stations...
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THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general character of one of the 256 Life-boat Stations...
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On the 25th June, the steam trawler Cape Sable, of Hull, ran aground in a very dangerous place near Hoy Head, in a dense fog.
She was homeward bound from, the fishing grounds at the Faroes, and carried a crew of twelve. A...
The James and Catherine MacFarlane, a 36-foot Oakley reserve life-boat, was on display at Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, in July, 1966, while on its way to the Royal Show.. - View image in PDF
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