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BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY I I LIFEBOATS OF THE WORLD I LIFEBOATS OF THE WORLD A Pocket Encyclopedia of Sea Rescue E. W. Middleton Commander vrd, rnvr ARCO PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. New York Published 1978 by Arco Publishing Company, Inc. 219 Park Avenue South, New York, N.Y. 10003 © Copyright Blandford Press Ltd 1977 All rights reserved Printed in Great Britain Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Middleton, Eric William. Lifeboats of the world. Includes index. [. Life-boats. 2. Lifeboat service. I. Title. VK473.M55 387.2 77-26247 ISBN O-668-O447O-5 isbn 0-668-04481-0 pbk. CONTENTS Acknowledgements 6 Foreword 9 Introduction 13 The Colour Plates 15 Britain - Cradle of the Lifeboat 81 1 2 The Changing Pattern 101 3 The USA, Canada and Caribbean 118 4 European Organisations (1) 144 Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland 5 European Organisations (2) 166 Germany, France, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Turkey 6 The Southern Hemisphere 187 South America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand 7 Poland, USSR, China, Japan, the rest of the World, the International Lifeboat Conference 201 8 Lifeboat Disasters 214 9 Conclusions 225 Appendix - Lifeboat Associations and Sea Rescue Organisations 238 Index 241 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS As this book gives details ofmanydifferent sea rescue organ- isations, it will be clear that the author must owe agreat deal to a considerable number of people for much of the infor- mation thatitcontains. This isverymuch the caseand soitis not possible here to mention by name all the individuals and organisations who gave such valuable assistance- but to all ofthem and to those anonymous benefactors in many organ- isations, the warmest thanks are extended. The author's debt to the Royal National Lifeboat Institu- tionwillbeobvious and he and thepublisherareparticularly grateful for permission to make use ofsome ofthe extensive records and for thefacilities fordoingsowhichwere made by the Director, Captain Nigel Dixon. In addition a great deal of help, encouragement and advice was received from the Deputy Director, MrJohn Atterton, Lieut-Commander W. L. G. Dutton, lately Chief Inspector of Lifeboats, and Mr Patrick Howarth, Public Relations Officer: Mr Alan Neal produced the answers to innumerable questions and Miss Joan Davies, Mr Andrew Gould and Mr Ray Kipling assisted and advised on the finding and selecting of illus- trations. Information and illustration material from abroad was not always easy to obtain and it was fortunate that the RNLI, as secretariat of the International Lifeboat Con- ference, had so much available. On the other hand, many countries and organisations responded generously and their help is very gratefully acknowledged. Several individuals very generously provided illustrations and information from their own personal records and in this category special 6
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