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The barque Canada Belle, of Whitby, struck on the Whitburn Steel rocks during a gale of wind at S.S.W. on the night of the 23rd Nov., 1872. Fortu- nately her signals of distress were ob- served, and the Thomas Wilson Life-boat, •with...
The Christmas Gales.
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Life-boat's Four Launches in one Day.
THE gales at the end of October and November were followed by rough weather at the end of December, with heavy...
(Above) 44' Waveney class lifeboat, introduced from US Coast Guard in 1964, is first of the RNLI's 'fast afloat' lifeboats. Exceptionally manoeuvrable, her twin General Motors Detroit marine diesel engines give a top speed of... - View image in PDF
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ONE OF THE PEOPLE upon whom honorary life governorship was bestowed at the 1973 annual meeting of the RNLI was Professor William W. Flexner, pho, in recognition of the very valuable help which he has given to the lifeboat service in the...
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BROADSTAIRS, KENT. — The boatmen at Broadstairs having some time since requested the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION to place one of its self-righting life-boats on that station, and it being considered that such a boat might be useful, in...
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JANUARY Launches 71. Lives rescued 221.
JANUARY 3RD. - ARRANMORE, CO. DONEGAL. A fishing boat was caught in a S.E. gale with a very rough sea. The motor life-boat K.T.J.S. was launched at 10.20 A.M., found the boat five...
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OCTOBER 6TH. - PORT ERIN, AND PORT ST. MARY, ISLE OF MAN. Shortly after two in the morning the Ramsey coastguard informed both life-boat stations that a ship was in distress W.S.W. of the Chicken Rock.
Port Erin was asked...
For practical experience, a community service: Two apprentices of the Training Workshops at ICI Fibres, Pontypool, Phil Oakley (left) and Roy Robinson, undertook as their project the viring-up and commissioning of the electrical I... - View image in PDF
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