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The Duchess of Kent.
The Duchess of Kent, the new President of the Institution, was anxious to meet as many as possible of those who organise and carry on its work, and after the annual meeting on 8th. July a reception was held at the Savoy...
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An American Thunderjet Fighter (1)
Ramsgate, Walmer, and Dover, Kent.
—At 10.8 in the morning of the 13th of September, 1951, the Ramsgate coastguard telephoned to the Rams- gate life-boat station that an aeroplane, an American Thunderjet fighter, had...
"Tar and Grease."
Hand over Hand Chanty.
BY CAPTAIN Q. C. A. CRAUFUKD, R.N., honorary secretary of the Dungeness life-boat station.
" The items expended on this work were tar and grease."—Honorary Secretary's...
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Tranquillity (2)
Barrow, Lancashire.—Ar two o'clock on the afternoon of the 19th of Septem- ber, 1954, the life-boat motor mechanic noticed that a fishing boat about six miles off shore between Barrow and Heysham appeared to be drifting. He told the...
Blue Waters
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 2.25 in the afternoon of the 16th of September, 1949, the Formby coastguard tele- phoned that a message had been received from the Llandudno coast- guard that a yacht bound for Liverpool was making heavy weather....
Elisabeth
DUTCH VESSEL TOWED THROUGH ROUGH SEA Weymoutb, Dorset.—At 6.10 in the morning of January 12th, 1947, a report was received from St. Albans Head, through the Wyke Regis coast- guard, that a vessel was burning distress ilares about six miles...
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FATAL CLIFF FALL At 2.20 p.m. on ist March, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary of a police report that a man had fallen over the cliff between The Needles and Freshwater Bay. The life-boat The Earl and Countess Howe left at...
Tadpole
Walmer, Kent. At 1.15 on the after- noon of the 3rd September, 1961, the coastguard passed on to the honorarysecretary a report that a sailing yacht with a number of people on board was aground on the rocks near the Royal Marines rifle range...