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PATRONESS HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN

VICE PATRONESS —...

Tow by tug IN VERY BAD WEATHER on the evening of Thursday December 9, 1982, the 500 ton coaster MV Andoni suffered engine failure and anchored 2Vz miles south of Shoreham Harbour. She was seen by Coxswain Kenneth Everard of Shoreham Harbour...

Patrol vessel holed IN EASTERLY GALES early on Thursday January 31, 1980, fishery patrol vessel Switha, bound for Leith, ran aground on the rocks near Herwit Buoy in the Firth of Forth, a mile south east of Inchkeith Island. She was holed...

NEAR SPURNESS HOLMS Stronsay, Orkneys. At 1.5 p.m. on 16th March, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the lobster fishing boat Girl Jean of Kirkwall had broken down and was in difficulties near Spurness Holms, south-west of...

Her Majesty The Queen, Patron of the RNLI, is pictured meeting crew members at Tower Lifeboat Station on the River Thames on 24 February.

Meanwhile congratulations to Coxswain Robin Castle (Sheerness), Coxswain Francie...

Medical Insurance that doesn't put on the pounds just because you put on the years. When it comes to private medical insurance, Exeter Friendly Society never increase your premiums simply because you get older.* So the age you join is...

A TOWN & COUNTRY DRIVEWAY Simp Driveways money can buy Although a Town & Country driveway is beautiful to look at, its beauty is more than skin deep. Beneath the surface is a unique fibre reinforcement that helps prevent sinking and...

CUNNINGHAM'S Patent Mode of reefing Topsails from the Deck.—Most persons, even those who are not sailors by profession, are aware that the operation of reefing topsails is one of the most important on board a ship. By its means the...