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Life-Boat Grace

Date: January 1972

Volume: 42

Issue: 438

Mrs. A. Wooldridge, honorary secretary of the Stourbridge branch of the R.N.L.I., has suggested the following Grace for life-boat dinners: 'For men of brave heart and great courage; for willing workers in the service of others; and for...

Category: Articles

Portrait of a Coxswain

Date: March 1968

Volume: 41

Issue: 423

Coxswain Henry C. Brown, of the Walmer life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 32). A member of the crew since 1945, he was appointed second coxswain of the Walmer life-boat in February, 1962, and coxswain in April, 1966. Since February,... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Tessa and Tringa

Date: September 1961

Volume: 36

Issue: 397

Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 1.42 on the afternoon of the 20th May, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht between two and three miles off shore was burning a flare. At 2.3, when the life-boat Edian Courtauld put...

Coxswain Walter Semple of Cloughey

Date: June 1962

Volume: 37

Issue: 400

Winner of the bronze medal for gallantry (See page 249). - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Naval Architect Appointed

Date: September 1964

Volume: 38

Issue: 409

In recognition of his services as the designer of two of the Institution's standard types of life-boat Mr. R. A. Oakley, M.B.E., M.R.I.N.A., has been form- ally appointed as the Institution's Naval Architect. The previous title of...

Category: Committee

Belvoir

Date: March 1965

Volume: 38

Issue: 411

LOST HER SAILS At 11.27 a-m- on 7th October, 1964, the east pier watchman told the honorary secretary that a yacht was in difficulties off Dumpton Gap and she was firing flares. The sea was very rough with a strong south-westerly gale...

Ferdinand Retzlaff

Date: September 1965

Volume: 38

Issue: 413

IN COLLISION Dungeness, Kent. At 2.52 a.m. on 4th April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the British vessel Cape Nelson had been in collision with the German motor vessel Ferdinand Retzlaff of Bremen, seven miles...

New Year Honours

Date: March 1966

Volume: 39

Issue: 415

Rear Admiral Sir Edmund Irving, C.B., F.R.S.A., a member of the Committee of Management, has been made a K.B.E. in the New Year Honours list.

Mr. W. R. Edwards, honorary secretary of the Ramsey, Isle of Man, life-boat...

Category: Awards

Deo Gratias

Date: March 1966

Volume: 39

Issue: 415

Padstow, Cornwall. On 23rd November, 1965, the Padstow life-boat Joseph Hiram Chadwick rescued the crew of two of the fishing vessel Deo Gratias. A full account of this service, for which special awards were made to the coxswain and crew,...

A Yacht (1)

Date: September 1966

Volume: 39

Issue: 417

Llandudno, Caernarvonshire - At 4 p.m. on nth April, 1966, the coxswain informed the assistant honorary secretary that a small yacht was getting into difficulties in the bay. The coastguard was contacted, and after setting a watch they said...