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Juan Twothree
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SS Richard Montgomery masts finally to be removed next year
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One of the holds of the Richard Montgomery being loaded in the US
Yesterday at 20:48
Juan Twothree
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Help Bob. - Summoning help from the water.
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Absolutely correct.
Yesterday at 20:26
Juan Twothree
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Most of the time, the JRCC at Fareham receives the satellite alerts from the ground station, and then pings them off to the relevant...
Yesterday at 17:55
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That's incorrect. The satellite download gets picked up at Fareham, then gets passed to usually the JRCC, or occasionally Falmouth...
Yesterday at 12:20
Juan Twothree
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I based my original post on my 30+ years as a lifeboat crew. And I can only tell you what I've experienced. Sorry if that doesn't...
Yesterday at 09:13
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Much of what you've described takes very little time. A PLB/EPIRB gets a satellite fix within a couple of minutes (or at least the ones...
Yesterday at 07:12
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Yep, set everything off as quickly as possible, call everyone you can ASAP.
Wednesday at 15:59
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My experience has been that we get launched, and the enquiries then carry on in the background. Older devices relying on a satellite...
Wednesday at 15:33
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I'm guessing they paged Dover LB? An ALB is going to be nearer my ten minute estimate than five. I'd have sent Littlestone (Atlantic...
Wednesday at 15:24
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Yes, certainly for my station that includes crew coming from home, work or wherever, to the boat leaving the carriage. We were once...
Wednesday at 15:19
Juan Twothree
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Over my lifeboating career I've so far dealt with about 14 ( I think - may be a couple more) fatal incidents. In all but two of those...
Wednesday at 15:13
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Between five and ten minutes to launch, then whatever the transit time will be at 25 knots (or 35 for an Atlantic 85).
Wednesday at 14:44
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Set everything off, the CG, maligned as they are, will be PDQ on the case.
Wednesday at 14:34
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Spot on
Wednesday at 14:34
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I am pretty sure that if the CG see a PLB beacon hit in the water, they will send a helicopter and lifeboat whilst they phone around. I...
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