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| Paul Frost,2nd
mechanic, placing laminated picture of 2001 crew with crew list on
rear, between cavities of wall on new boathouse, between souvenir shop and
ILB house, on 21/6/2001. |
Mrs Jean Frost (Paul's
mum), Vice-President of branch committee and Souvenir shop
manageress, also placing record of volunteers who work in the shop,
together with copy of souvenir catalogue, into same wall cavity. |
Picture taken
on service to Yacht "Pilgrim", 21/7/2003,showing radar image
on Offshore Lifeboat. (North is to top, and the Lifeboat's position is
in the centre of the screen ). The image shows the Vale of Clwyd below
the centre; Rhyl is in the centre of the upper line; and the 30 piles of
the new wind farm are clearly visible as a block to the right of the
centre of the screen. |
| Change
over of boats on 10/6/2001.Pictures taken by Dave James of
Telford,Shropshire |
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| 12-25 "Bingo
Lifeline" existing boathouse to launch to take over at Llandudno. |
12-25 going down slipway |
12-25 on beach |
12-25 entering
water,engines starting |
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| 12-25 ready to launch |
12-25 launching |
12-24 "Lil
Cunningham" returning after re-fit about 1 hour after 12-25 left. |
Talus tractor going into
water to recover boat |
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| Pulling 12-24 out of the
water on nylon skids,County tractor towing recovery trailer holding
recovery skids,etc. |
12-24 recovered on beach |
Talus picking up carriage
for recovery of boat |
Talus backing carriage to
rear of 12-24 to pull up using winch |
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Many thanks for these
photos, Dave,we rarely get these sort of shots as we're all too busy on
the beach. Cheers!
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| 12-24 now back on
carriage,returning as "Rhyl Lifeboat" |
12-24 back on
station. |
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| First
exercise with new "X" boat at Llandulas beach on 4/8/2001.Are
the crew now to be called "X-Men" ???????? |
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| Inflating the X-boat
(easier with a compressed air cylinder.Crew L-R are Jimmy Quinn: Dane
Jones: Paul Archer-Jones: and Martin Jones |
Boat nearly inflated,just
the seat to go (inflates in 4 seconds with air cylinder,as opposed to 4
minutes by mouth. |
Boat over the side,attached
to a long line,crew will row to shore to get "Casualties". |
Getting the lines sorted
out.Paul Archer-Jones (Second Coxswain) acting as "Casualty"
in water. |
| New
Lifeboats on River Thames,London,2nd January 2002. |
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| The 3 Lifeboats now active
on the River Thames in London |
Photos kindly donated by
Mr.Nicholas Leach |
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| November 2001.Joint
exercise with Flint ILB. Rhyl & Flint ILBs towing Rhyl AWB. |
Rhyl crewmember John
O.Connor acting as casualty in engine room of Rhyl AWB for exercise with
Flint. |
January 27th 2002. Exercise
with SeaKing helicopter from 22 squadron,RAF Valley,Anglesey. |
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