Download or read book Lifeboat Crew Member written by Rebecca Hunter and published by Cherrytree Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of a series of books explaining the roles of different people who help us everyday in the community. Each book is based on a real person that the reader follows them through a typical day at work. We learn about what they do, who they interact with, the equipment they use, and what they like about their jobs. Specially commissioned photography and clear text make the books friendly and accessible to young readers, making this a perfect series for introducing children to what goes on in the world around them, and how different people contribute to our society in different ways.
Download or read book Surviving the Storms Extraordinary Stories of Courage and Compassion at Sea written by The RNLI and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-06-11 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘There’s water in the engine,’ he said. ‘The engine has stopped.’ This changed everything...
Download or read book Waterford Harbour written by Andrew Doherty and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Waterford harbour has centuries of tradition based on its extensive fishery and maritime trade. Steeped in history, customs and an enviable spirit, it was there that Andrew Doherty was born and raised amongst a treasure chest of stories spun by the fishermen, sailors and their families. As an adult he began to research these accounts and, to his surprise, found many were based on fact. In this book, Doherty will take you on a fascinating journey along the harbour, introduce you to some of its most important sites and people, the area's history, and some of its most fantastic tales. Dreaded press gangs who raided whole communities for crew, the search for buried gold and a ship seized by pirates, the horror of a German bombing of the rural idyll during the Second World War – on every page of this incredible account you will learn something of the maritime community of Waterford Harbour.
Download or read book Here to Help Lifeboat Crew Member written by Rachel Blount and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered about the people who risk their lives to rescue people at sea? What is it like to work as a lifeboat crew member? In this book you will meet our rescue specialist - David - and find out what he does at work every day. Find out about the different boats the RNLI use and how they performs different types of rescues. Brilliant introductory books for very young readers that follow real professionals around their place of work to give a flavour of what it means to work in a particular job.
Download or read book People Who Help Us written by Rissman, Rebecca and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A simple description of the nature of a community and the various types of work people do to earn money and help those around them, including sales, health care, public safety, education, and animal care.
Download or read book Lifeboat Crew written by Nancy Dickmann and published by People Who Help Us. This book was released on 2019-02-07 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Lifeboat Service in England The North West and Isle of Man written by Nicholas Leach and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the lifeboat stations of the north-west of England and the Isle of Man.
Download or read book Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council written by United States. Merchant Marine Council and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lifeboat Service in Ireland written by Nicholas Leach and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2012-12-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the Irish lifeboats station by station
Download or read book Sennen Cove Lifeboats written by Nicholas Leach and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-08-04 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considered one of the most treacherous areas of Britain’s coastline, Land’s End has seen many shipwrecks over the past 2,000 years. Where the waters of the Atlantic meet those of the English Channel, storms are frequent and violent and have caught out many a ship. Thousands have been dashed against the rocky granite coast.In 1853, the RNLI established a lifeboat station at nearby Sennen Cove and the people of this small Cornish village have been saving lives ever since. The crews of Sennen have saved many lives in the past 160 years, helping those in distress from sailing dinghies to the largest of cargo ships. Nicholas Leach tells the story of Sennen’s lifeboats and the volunteer lifeboat crews who have manned them in this fully revised and updated history of the lifeboat and wrecks off the tip of Cornwall.
Download or read book The Bluejackets Manual written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1004 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bluejackets Manual written by Ridley McLean and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Stranger in the Lifeboat written by Mitch Albom and published by Sphere. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE INSTANT NO.1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The stunning new novel from the bestselling author of global phenomenon Tuesdays with Morrie 'Mitch Albom sees the magical in the ordinary' Cecelia Ahern ____________ Adrift in a raft after a terrible shipwreck, ten strangers try to survive while they wait for rescue. After three days, short on water, food and hope, they spot a man floating in the waves. They pull him on board - and the survivor claims he can save them. But should they put their trust in him? Will any of them see home again? And why did the ship really sink? The Stranger in the Lifeboat is not only a deeply moving novel about the power of love and hope in the face of danger, but also a mystery that will keep you guessing to the very end.
Download or read book Fundamentals of Naval Service written by Yates Stirling and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book the life boat or journal of the national lifeboat institution written by The National Life-boat Institution and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
