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The Ferryside Lifeboat William Maynard, Carmarthen Bay, Wales. Circa 1960

The 75 foot ketch Garlandstone moored at Barmouth, Gwynedd, Wales. 6th May 1971

The Mumbles lifeboat William Gammon returned to Swansea yesterday after an £; 8000 engine refit at the Cowes yard where she was built 21 years ago. Two new 60 h.p

Philip Missen, Hon Secretary at Porthcawl lifeboat station. 29th April 1998

The christening ceremony of the Rhyl lifeboat Gordon Warren by Lady Scarisbrick. Picture shows Lady Scarisbrick christening the lifeboat with lifeboat crew and cox in attendance. 14th September 1946

The new St. Davids lifeboat Joseph Soar takes to the water. 20th May 1964

St. Davids Lifeboat Station during the centenary celebrations. 12th June 1969

Dr. Joseph Soar with the St. Davids lifeboat which was named after him. 24th August 1966

The Henry Comber Brown is launched for the first time from the new £300
The Henry Comber Brown is launched for the first time from the new £ 300, 000 causeway at Tenby Lifeboat Launch Station. 28th June 1980

Swansea lifeboat cruises go round Swansea Bay after it had been launched to stage a mock rescue with members of the Mumbles Yacht Club and board posing as survivors

A modern self righting lifeboat, the Arun Class RNLB Spirit of Tayside, operating out of Broughty Ferry lifeboat station in Dundee. 6th June 1979

The Barry lifeboat and the Royal Navy Auxiliary ship Odiman escorts the small craft Pauline after a call for rescue from the occupants in the Bristol Channel. 12th August 1970

John Hart receives a message on the ship to shore lifeboat radio in Barry, Wales. 4th March 1970

Barry Station Number Two lifeboat entering the dock. In the background is Butlins holiday camp. 20th December 1977

The RNLB Watkins Williams lifeboat which served in Moelfre from 1956 to 1977, before serving at Oban, Argyllshire. During her service life, she was launched 154 times, saving 143 lives. Circa 1975

Members of the crew pose in from of the lifeboat Caroline Oates Aver and William Maine as the Ferryside station prepares to be closed down at the end of the month. In the background is the Hon

The Mayor of Carmarthen (Mr. W. D. Jones) accompanied by the Deputy Mayor (Mr. M. E. Clifford Jones), the Borough Sheriff (Alderman John Jenkins), and the Town Clerk (Mr. David Myrddin Thomas)

The former Longhope lifeboat T. G. B ON962, seen here leaving Littlehampton
The former Longhope lifeboat T.G.B ON962, seen here leaving Littlehampton, Sussexs after being repaired follow the capsizing of the vessel

A training exercise at the Merchant Navy School, teaceing rookies how to shovel coal and clean the furnaces with stones instead of coal

A sunken enemy ship lies in the harbour of Gaeta on the west coast of Italy near Rome during the Second World War. Circa May 1944

The passage of the convoy from the west to Malta on June 14 / 16 was under the command of
The passage of the convoy from the west to Malta on June 14/16 was under the command of Vice- Admiral Curtesis. It was sighted

The Merchant Services Fighter United, an RAF operational aircraft unit based at Speke Airport, have played one of the most daring parts in the war at sea and in the air

British Royal Navy submarine HMS Porpoise returns to its base in Portsmouth, England after 14 serving 14 months in the Mediterranean

Operation Pedestal. A general view of the convoy under air attack showing the intense anti-aircraft barrage put up by the escorts

Scenes at Swansea Docks, Wales. Loading steel for Poona, via Bombay, are Gwilym Williams, Edwin Baglow and Tom Kift, Dockers at Kings Dock. 7th August 1967

Sir John Hunter, Bulk Carrier Container Ship built at Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd. Haverton Hill, slips down the Tees, Teesside, North East England, January 1974

The North East paddle tug Eppleton Hall, seen here under restoration at Harrisons Repair Yayd, Bill Quay, before its voyage to the USA. 15th July 1969

HMS Cossack returns to Leith on 17 February 1940, after rescuing the British prisoners held in Graf Spees supply ship Altmark

HMS Eaglet, the training centre for the Royal Naval Reserve associated with Liverpool. Circa 1966

Opening of the Queen Elizabeth II Oil Dock at Eastham. The Oil Tanker in the photograph, on whose bridge the new dock was named, is the 28.000 ton STS Velletia

HMS Mersey, Minesweeper of the Mersey Division of the RNR comes alongside headquarters ship HMS Eaglet Salthouse Dock at the end of her fourth cruise of the year. September 1968

Watermark painter Mr Arthur Hainis in one of Cardiffs dry docks painting marks on the Norwegian tanker Erling Borthen which is undergoing repairs. 1st March 1954

Aerial view of Riverside Quay, Hull. 21st April 1958

A congested River Hull as the new Drypool bridge, Hull is lowered for the first time. 21st April 1961

Newington Trawlers Ltd sidewinder trawler Warwick Deeping (H151) seen here leaving St Andrews Dock for the northern fishing grounds. 13th September 1956

The Hull trawler Junella seen here in dry dock, Hull. Undergoing repairs after striking and grounding on the Comet Rocks NW of Eilean Troday, Isle of Skye during a violent force nine storm

Firth Steam Trawling Co Ltd sidewinding trawler St Zeno seen here lying against Princess Dock, Hull Circa 1948

Victoria Fishing Co Ltd Hull sidewinder trawler Olvina (H139) seen here tied up at St Andrews Dock, Hull 9th February 1957

The trawler Loch Tulla seen here leaving Hull for the northern fishing grounds. 29th November 1954

The Boyd Line Fleet sidewinder trawler Arctic Invader seen here leaving the St Andrews Dock, Hull 11th June 1954

The crew and owners of the trawler Cs Forester look over the boat shortly after she is delivered to St Andrews Dock, Hull. 22nd August 1969

The trawler Cs Forester returning to St Andrews Dock after a day of sea trials in the North Sea. 22nd August 1969

The fishing vessel William McCann seen here mooring in a deserted Humber Dock Marina. 30th September 1980

The Coe Metcalf drill survey ship Pholas seen here docked in Hull. 9th March 1984

DB Finn (H332) (Left) seen here moored alongside The Boston Concord (GY730) in St Andrews Dock, Hull. 16th November 1967

Northern Fishing Co Ltd sidewinder trawler Brutus seen here departing Sy Andrews Dock, Hull for the fishing grounds around Bear Island in the far North. 10th July 1967

William McCann (H1394) built as a Hull fishing smack in 1884 seen here sailing under the Humber bridge with the Westward Ho! (TN54) A Faroese smack also built in 1884. 30th June 1984

The new trawler St Leger seen here being launched into the River Humber 20th July 1978

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