LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The RNLI held its Annual Presentation of Awards in London’s Barbican on 14 May, with HRH The Duke of Kent as guest of honour in his 40th year as the charity’s President.

The Duke presented Lifeguards Chris Boundy and John...

SUNDEBLAND.—Flares were seen in the direction of Hendon Beach at 5.30 P.M. on the 12th November. The John Fouhton Life-boat was launched, proceeded to the spot, and found that the brig Tagus, of Aberdeen, bound from that port to Sunderland...

YARMOUTH, NORFOLK.—The Life-boat John Bnrch was launched in the afternoon of the 9th March to the assistance of the schooner Arthur Wyatt, of Beaumaris,Beaumaris, which was seen to run aground on the Scroby Sand while bound from Hull to...

WHITHORN.—A vessel having been repotted dismasted in Wigtown Bay on the 9th October, the Life-boat Henry and John Leighton was launched at'3.10 P.M., being in the water in ten minutes from the time the signals were fired to summon the...

WHITBY.—Two fishing-cobles belonging to this port, the Star of Peace and the Mary Ann, were observed to be making for the harbour on the evening of the 27th July. On account of the heavy sea and the ebb tide running out it was seen that...

On the afternoon of the 29th December, 1932, it was learned that all the fishing boats had returned to harbour with the exception of the smallest, the White Rose. As the sea was rough with a moderate S.S.E.

breeze, the...

Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.—-At half past six on the night of the 7th of De- cember, 1949, it was learned that the local fishing boat Promise, was overdue.

The relatives of the crew of three were anxious for their safety....

The following were among those honoured by the Queen in the Birthday Honours: Knights Bachelor Captain George E. Barnard, deputy master of Trinity House, who is an ex- omcio member of the Committee of Management of the...