LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

AT 8.20 on the morning of the 31st of October, 1956, the Sheringham honorary secretary, Brigadier A. L.

Kent Lemon, learnt from the Cromer coastguard that the S.S. Wimbledon, a ship of 1598 tons, had reported by radio that...

For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.

(.Incorporated try Royal Charter.') FOUNDED IN 1824.— SUPPORTED SOLELY BY VOLUNTARY CONTRTBUTIONS.

PATRONESS.

Her Most Gracious Majesty...

Sunset and evening star, And one clear call {or me! And may there be no moaning of the bar When I put out to sea.

Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell When I embark;...

HER Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, President of the Royal National Life-boat Institution, named the new Berwick-upon-Tweed life-boat William and Mary Durham on the 25th of July, 1957. The ceremony took place at Spittal harbour.

For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.

(Incorporated by Royal Charter.') FOUNDED in 1824.—SUPPORTED SOLELY BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.

PATRONESS.

HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY...

THE Institution is at present engaged on a major programme of construction and modernization, and at the time of going to press there are no fewer than 17 new life-boats in various stages of construc- tion. The total cost of this boat...

FOR the rescue of four men from the m.f.v. Jaroma, a letter of thanks, signed by the Chairman of the R.N.L.I., Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.s.o., has been addressed to Coxswain Alfred Manning and the crew of the Margate, Kent...

Awards to coxswains, crews and shore helpers The following coxswains, members of lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement. Those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations were also...