At 11.28 a.m. on 20th June, 1967, a yacht was reported in difficulties off Aberaeron and was drifting ashore. The life-boat St. Albans was launched at 11.40 in a strong south westerly breeze and a moderate sea. The tide was ebbing. The...
Sir Angus Fraser KCB TD We regret to announce that Sir Angus Fraser passed away on Sunday 27 May.
Sir Angus joined the Committee of Management in 1986 and served as a Deputy Treasurer from 1996 to 1998. He was elected a...
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EVACUATION OF MEN OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE AND THE FRENCH ARMY FROM DUNKIRK.* THE WORK OF THE LIFE-BOATS OF RAMSGATE AND MARGATE.
At 1.15 in the afternoon of Thursday, the 30th of May, 1940, the Ministry of...
Scarborough, Yorkshire. — On the afternoon of the 1 st of November, 1953, the weather deteriorated and condi- tions at the harbour entrance became dangerous. The local fishing boat Premier was at sea with a crew of three, and at 2.30 the...
KINGSDOWNE;.—A large steamer was reported to be ashore between St. Margaret's Bay and Hope Point on the morningmorning of the 25th November. A stronggale was blowing from the W.S.W., there was a heavy sea, and the weather was thick with...
JANUARY 9TH. - LYTHAM - ST. ANNE’S, LANCASHIRE, AND NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At 8.30 A.M. a message came from the Hoylake coastguard asking that the life-boat should go to an aeroplane reported down off Formby Point, and at 8.40 the Lytham -...
JANUARY 9TH. - LYTHAM - ST. ANNE’S, LANCASHIRE, AND NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At 8.30 A.M. a message came from the Hoylake coastguard asking that the life-boat should go to an aeroplane reported down off Formby Point, and at 8.40 the Lytham -...
There have been two Life-boats stationed for some years past near Drogheda—one on either side of the River Boyne— that on the northern side not having justified its existence, the opportunity has recently been taken of closing the station...
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THIS year the Institution will for the first time have a choice of two Christ- mas cards for sale, in addition to pocket calendars.
One card is a reproduction of a painting by David Cobb, R.O.I., S.M.A., which depicts the...
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THREE MEN LANDED FROM ROWING BOAT Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At 4.50 on the afternoon of the 21st October, 1962, news was received that a man in a canoe had left Llandudno at 9.15 that morning and had not returned. A fresh south-east wind...