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Deo Gratias
Ilfracombe, Devon. At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 9th of March, 1960, the life-boat Robert and Phemia Brown was launched with the district engineer on board for an engine trial in a moderate easterly wind and a choppy sea. It was...
Building a Rother Class Lifeboat: Part Iv—Skeleton Hull
DURING THE PAST THREE MONTHS, the work of building up the skeleton hull of the lifeboat (Fig, 1), swiftly sketched out in Part III of this article, has been progressing at William Osbornes with meticulous care. Each of the very many pieces...
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A Vessel (3)
SEPT. 3RD. - LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.
A small vessel had been reported flying distress signals, and the life-boat searched a wide area but found nothing. It was learned later that the vessel had been taken in tow by a drifter. -...
Last Year An IRB Was Commissioned at Selsey Sussex Where There Has Been a Conventional Life-Boat Station Since 1861 the IRB Crew Consists of Three Fishermen—Two
Last year an IRB was commissioned at Selsey, Sussex, where there has been a conventional life-boat station since 1861. The IRB crew consists of three fishermen—two who fish for lobsters and one who fishes for white fish. Here they are shown... - View image in PDF
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At the South East District Conference George a Hodgkins (R) Vice-President Ofreigate and Redhill Branch Presented a Cheque for £10000 to Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Co
At the South East District Conference George A. Hodgkins (r.), vice-president ofReigate and Redhill branch, presented a cheque for £10,000 to Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston, KCB, chairman of the Fund Raising Committee, watched by the... - View image in PDF
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(Above) the Unpainled Wheelhouse Module (Also In Frc) Is Craned Into Position on the Hull
(Above). The unpainled wheelhouse module (also in FRC) is craned into position on the hull.. - View image in PDF
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A Rescue from a Fort In the Mersey
ON the afternoon of the 22nd of September, a south-westerly gale was blowing in the mouth of the Mersey with rain squalls and breaking seas twenty feet high. In those heavy seas the military authorities were afraid for the safety of -one of...
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Services of the Lifeboats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution From 1st January to 16th April, 1874
FROM IST JANUARY TO 16-rn APKIL, 1874.
John and Jenefer, fchooner, of Fowey 5 Mary, smack, of Grtmsby 6 Jessie, schooner, of Blylh 6 /Via, barqne, of Blyth— Saved vessel and crew 11 EXKX. brig, of...
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