"Providence" South Wales Pilot Boat

This video is about the people who work for South East Wales Pilotage, the Pilots and Cutter crew

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Pilot Boat And Crew Speeding To Transport A Local Marine Pilot To Cruise Ship, Ship's Tender.
Editors note:
Who knows where it is?

Pilot boat launch in Youghal on July 2012.

Opening the building to unveil the Pilotboat "Columbia". Preparing for launchday.

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The Maryland Pilots have guided ships to and from Baltimore since the 1700's. They have been chartered as an organization since 1852. This is an edited except from films about the Pilots shot between 1950-1965 for the Port that Built a City and State. The original films are in the archives of the Baltimore Museum of Industry.