“Angry survivors told how the captain fled his ship by lifeboat and abandoned passengers to their fate.”

“Up to now no-one outside the lifeboat station has a clue what the long-running and acrimonious dispute is all about.”

“A joiner by trade, Stuart has a lifelong passion for boating and has used his joinery skills to update parts of the former lifeboat.”

“Clad in sou'wester and thigh boots, his rugged, bearded features are every inch the Victorian lifeboatman.”

“The fishing boat then completely submerged, leaving the lifeboatman swimming behind it.”

“A YOUNG lifeboatman was pulled to safety from the sea by his younger brother in a bank holiday drama.”

“The main thing now is that 90 per cent of all lifeboatmen are not seamen traditionally and we are having to train people from the very start.”

“And while the Bridlington lifeboatmen were at church, the Filey lifeboat had launched in case there was a call-out.”

“They spent three hours at the quayside and were assisted by lifeboatmen when they had to take to the sea to fight the blaze.”

“So the decision was made to have nuclear batteries on the mother ship alone, and use small temporary batteries on the lifeboats.”

“He also knew that it was impossible to lower lifeboats and rafts to save the crew and the vessel's passengers.”

“We had a good evening, got a taxi back, and bought doner kebabs the size of small lifeboats.”