More lifeboats were launched in Scottish waters over the summer months, new figures show.
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They've also lost footing on shifting surfaces, only to land in lifeboats, leaving others to drown.
Moreover, the passage of time changed what regulators and shipowners saw as the purpose of lifeboats.
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In addition, plans call for a new "safety deck" featuring state-of-the-art lifeboats, safety chutes and slides.
Two lifeboats have been at the scene with HMS Lancaster and the navy vessel HMS Severn.
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Lifeboats were not designed to keep all the ship and crew afloat while the vessel sank.
Helicopters and lifeboats from Harwich and Walton-on-the-Naze were involved in the search for the missing people.
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Its volunteer crew "work in tandem with RNLI lifeboats" at Burnham-on-Sea, Weston-super-Mare, Penarth and Barry Dock.
As far as I'm aware, no lifeboats were on board - just life buoys and life jackets.
Both St Helier lifeboats were on scene within 30 minutes and the yacht was towed to safety.
You can see now why they were jumping for the lifeboats of Atlantic and English Premier Leagues.
Lifeboats have operated out of Fraserburgh for 200 years and the fishing port has suffered several tragedies.
Ron Churchill Snr joined the lifeboats in the Angus town back in 1981, when he was 29.
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The spokesman said the men "refused the help of the lifeboats and insisted on continuing to fish".
According to passengers' accounts, chaos erupted as guests rushed to fill the lifeboats and escape the ship.
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Among them were a number of smaller vessels including fishing boats pleasure crafts, paddle steamers and lifeboats.
Lifeboats from Rock and Padstow, coastguard rescue teams, and search-and-rescue helicopters were all called to help the group.
Across the UK, the RNLI's lifeboats launched 3, 575 times in the summer - down from 3, 633 in 2011.
Mahoney, is quoted as recalling that before heading for the lifeboats, he hurried in the direction of his quarters.
Search involving villagers, lifeboats, coastguards, helicopters, police divers and rescue dogs were launched.
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Coast Guard helicopters plucked 14 people out of two lifeboats around 6:30 a.m.
Scotland's lifeboats turned out nearly five times each day during the summer, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has revealed.
In June a road show will tour the UK giving people a chance to look at lifeboats through the ages.
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) said its lifeboats were launched 8, 273 times last year compared with 7, 656 in 2004.
Two lifeboats were launched at about 1200 BST and the passengers were tranferred on to a rescue boat, the RNLI said.
The responsibility for lifeboats came "entirely practically under the Board of Trade, " as Carlisle described the industry's thinking at the time.
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The RNLI has drawn up plans to bring future production and maintenance of its all-weather lifeboats to its headquarters in Dorset.
The two other lifeboats are expected to arrive once their boathouses have been built, with plans to complete them by next October.
"Being able to provide these fantastic new lifeboats is thanks to very generous bequests for which we are eternally grateful, " he said.
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