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Two persons rescued after they fell into the ocean while aboard a cruise ship

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122237) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 1 Jul

Two people who fell into the Atlantic Ocean while they were aboard the Disney Cruise ship called Disney Dream were rescued by lifeboats after the crew was alerted by a young girl fell overboard into the Atlantic Ocean. An adult...

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A sad dedication at our Garden Island naval base

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382328) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Jun 22

In front of the museum at Western Australia’s naval base is the life-boat shown in the photo. The lifeboat belonged to Westralia II that I wrote about a day or two ago and there is an interesting story as to how it is where it is....

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garden island naval base

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Doesn’t that cover everything?

Fleur @Fleura (35065) • United Kingdom 28 Jun 21

I was just reading the latest magazine from the RNLI (the lifeboat association - of which I am a supporter, along with many other charities). One piece of news was that they have created a series of videos to address common...

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The Duties Of The Able Seaman

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 22 Aug 18

Looking at entries in the Oxford Companion To Ships and The Sea. The first entry describes the role of the AB, or Able Seaman. I always assumed AB stood for Able Bodied Seaman, which seemed rather discrimanatory to disabled...

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