The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of the different types of Life-boats used in the Institution's service. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view. Fig. 2 the "plan" or deck view. Fig. 3...
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PROBLEM: The kit onboard a fishing vessel is expensive, and many crews ‘make do’, mend, or replace their broken machinery with kit that’s not always in line with modern safety standards. On top of that, crew training isn’t always as...
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Humber's Arun class lifeboat lies afloat off the tip of Spurn Point, the most southerly fragment of Yorkshire, where the Number joins the turbulent North Sea.
It is the only station with a full-time crew - the members... - View image in PDF
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SEPTEMBER MEETING FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. On the 11th June, 1942, a Spitfire aeroplane was on a practice flight when the engine failed and the pilot landed on the sea. There was a slight swell with a light N.E. wind. The aeroplane sank...
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/~ — y. j. f Y "f c* Notes of the Quarter, by Patrick Howarth 39 North Cornwall . . . visit of The Duke of Kent, president of the Institution, to five stations in North Cornwall 41 VolUme XLVI Lifeboat Services 42 Number 465...
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Only 43 of the 65 students that took part in the gruelling Lyke Wake Walk finished.
They came from South Shields Marine and Technical College and raised £555 for the RNLI. Here Heather Howard, the only girl Lyke Wake... - View image in PDF
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Mrs Jean Cass names the new Dungeness lifeboat Pride and Spirit (left) before her demonstration launch from the beach (right). - View image in PDF
Photos Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
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(continued from page 51} shipping industry could well appreciate the financial problems of the RNLI and the hard decisions which it has had to face. The shipping industry knows all about inflation and the desperately serious problems which...
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I AM sitting right, opposite to it. The dark red doors of the stone, chapel-like j little building are wide open. The sun is shining, and the sea is calui. Over the doors in large white letters on a blue background is written "...
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