THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Scottish Lifeboat Council was held in The Freemason's Hall, Edinburgh, on May 23 this year. Captain Alexander Ramsay of Mar, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Council, was in the chair at the...
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South Eastern Division Storm-disabled sloop THE DUTY OFFICER at the Needles Coastguard saw a red distress flare to westward, estimated two to three miles distant, at 0108 on Sunday, September 14, 1975. The honorary secretary of Yarmouth,...
Hyannis to Rockland from page 233 were asked regarding the operation of a voluntary lifeboat service outside Government control. The predominantly shore based role of HM Coastguard was a fact which many of the audience found hard to...
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(Right) A Royal Navy helicopter from Portland exercises with the Atlantic 21. The D class inflatable lifeboat stands by.. - View image in PDF
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Aberystwyth: On Saturday August 20, a fine, warm day after a night of violent thunder storms, Aberystwyth's new Mk IV Zodiac D class inflatable, twin-engined lifeboat was handed over and a service of dedication was held for the... - View image in PDF
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Mr. John D. Russell, the senior partner of Binder, Hamlyn & Co. (Chartered Accountants), who died in January, joined the Committee of Management of the Royal National Life-boat Institution in 1954, and was elected a vice president in...
Category: Obituaries
Weymouth, Dorset-At 11.20 a.m.
on 5th June, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the cabin cruiser Cilla with a one-man crew had broken down nine miles from Portland Bill. The lifeboat Frank Spiller...
Aith, Shetland - At 9.50 p.m. on 4th April, 1969, the honorary secretary learnt that the fishing boat Kullyak, with a crew of two, was overdue at Burrafirth. The life-boat John and Frances Macfarlane slipped her moorings at 10.13 in a...
The following were among those honoured by the Queen in the New Year Honours : Mr. Henry T. Davies, coxswain, Cromer, Norfolk, life-boat.
Mr. Roland Moore, coxswain, Barrow, Lancashire, life-boat.
Mr. Neil...
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Lowestoft, Suffolk - At 5.50 p.m. on 9th August, 1966, distress flares were seen coming from the auxiliary yacht Fargo off the West Holm buoy. At 6.3 the life-boat Frederick Edward Crick proceeded in a westerly gale and a rough sea. The tide...