Sentences with phrase «first lifeboat»

Recent years have seen some major developments, with the introduction of RNLI lifeguards in 2001, and the first lifeboat station on an inland waterway, also in 2001.

When you're really eager to get out of a bad situation, it can be tempting to jump for the first lifeboat you see.

Not exact matches

«We would be at sea in a lifeboat with no food, no water and no land in sight,» said one veteran Democratic operative who has worked on presidential campaigns, and who, like most people interviewed for this story, asked for anonymity to speak candidly about the former first lady.

I was on another ship and we were the first to arrive and witness both the passengers who float [ing] in their lifeboats and then the sinking of this 40 - year - old ship, which gave everyone caution because, of course, it suggests that, you know, there but for the grace of someone go I.

Andrews wanted another change as well: a second row of lifeboats that could be launched as soon as the first set was in the water.

Ismay protested that they already had more than the legally required number of lifeboats (16) and the extra boats simply would clutter up the beautiful open expanse of the upper deck, where first - class passengers would want to stroll.

Complicating matters was that none of the passengers had yet practiced lifeboat drills, which were scheduled for the next morning during the first full day at sea.

The courage of Massey and his first mate Humphrey Bogart serves as an inspiration to the survivors, who manage to navigate their tiny lifeboat to America, where they are lauded as heroes.

But then, towards the end, the film loses focus as we leave the lifeboat, first to visit a strange floating island inhabited by meerkats (why meerkats?)

Shot basically in one studio tank and in the lifeboat, this underrated flick features a shocker of an ending and a first - rate cast, including Tallulah Bankhead, John Hodiak, William Bendix, Canada Lee, Hume Cronyn and Henry Hull.

Greengrass also excels at creating a sense of claustrophobic tension, and though the first hour makes for some captivating material as Phillips and his crew face off against the pirates, once the story moves into the lifeboat, he really ratchets up the suspense.

The Lifeboat by Charlotte RoganRegan Arthur • $ 24.99 • ISBN 9780316185905publishing April 17, 2012Historical fictionThis first novel is high on our list of most anticipated debuts, and it definitely lives up to the hype.

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The lifeboats moved from sail and oar power to petrol and diesel, and the first women joined their crews.

The name was changed to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1854, and cork lifejackets were first issued to crew members in the same year.

Yes, that first graph is stupid (a plateau will of course have the highest temperatures, hell even a cooing weaker than the cooling before the plateau will have highest temperatures), the rest is decadal averages (another lifeboat), highest La Nina (lifeboat and stupid too) and 10 - year moving average of the BEST land temperature.

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