Mr. Thomas Orrell Gray, O.B.E., J.P., who had been a member of the Committee of Management since 1935, died on the 7th May, 1961. He had served on the Finance, General Pur- poses, and Establishment Committees of the Institution, became...
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Walmer, Kent.—At 2.11 on the after- noon of the 15th of July, 1955, the Deal coastguard telephoned that a steamer had reported that the tug Trapu, of Dunkirk, had gone aground on the Goodwin Sands about half a mile south-by-east of the West...
Aberdeen.—At 11.50 on the morning of the 9th of November, 1956, the coastguard telephoned that the motor vessel Solskin, of Oslo, needed help sixty miles east of Tod Head. At 12.44 the no. 1 life-boat Hilton Briggs put out. There was a heavy...
THE District Organizing Secretary in the Midlands recently visited the school at Alderwasley, in Derbyshire, to present a certificate won by a pupil of the school in this year's essay competition ; it is a remote village of a few hundred...
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Courtmacsherry, Co. Cork - At 8.40 p.m. on 2ist June, 1967, it was learned that the motor launch Rapparee had developed engine trouble and could not be contacted. The life-boat Sir Arthur Rose slipped her moorings at 8.50 in a fresh breeze...
On the 27th of November, 1954, the Liberian tanker World Concord broke in two in the Irish sea. The St.
David's, Pembrokeshire, life-boat rescued thirty-five men from her fore- part, and the Rosslare Harbour,...
COXSWAIX J. A. ATKINSON died on the 17th of October, 1955, at the age of 76. He was coxswain of the Padstow no. 1 life-boat from 1929 until he retired in 1944. His earliest appoint- ment by the Institution was as mate of the tug Helen Peele...
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Pushing the boat out: Members of the running team based at the Green Man, Stamford pushed a 14ft dinghy, dressed as a lifeboat, around the Stamford Festival half marathon and raised £1,000 for the Stamford and District branch. Later in... - View image in PDF
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Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 5.8 on the afternoon of the 3rd of June, 1956, the coastguard telephoned to say a small boat with two people on board was in difficulties near the Brooklands groyne, Jay wick. The life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was...
JANUARY 11TH. - CROMER, AND SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK. At 10.39 A.M., the coastguard reported explosions about eight miles to the N.N.E. of Cromer. The weather was cold, with a light easterly wind blowing and a smooth sea. At 10.45 A.M. the Cromer...