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Date: Winter 1976

Volume: 44

Issue: 455

Disabled sloop in storm On September 14, 1975, we, the crew of the yacht Chayka of Ardgour which was in distress off the Needles, were rescued by the Yarmouth lifeboat.

No words or gestures can adequately express the deep...

Category: Correspondence

Sailors' Homes

Date: December 1852

Volume: 01

Issue: 07

Among the many movements to which the philanthropic spirit of the age has given birth, few are entitled to a larger share of public sympathy and support than such as have for their object the well-being and im- provement of those classes...

Category: Articles

The Navy's Tribute to the Life-Boat Service

Date: April 1940

Volume: 31

Issue: 341

ON 8th February, 1940, the Institution received the following letter from Sir Archibald Carter, K.C.B., K.C.I.E., Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty: " I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to inform you that they...

Category: Correspondence

A Yacht and a Speed Boat

Date: March 1966

Volume: 39

Issue: 415

Hartlepool, Co. Durham. At 4.30 p.m. on i2th September, 1965, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a yacht had capsized two miles north of Hartlepool.

There was a light north-easterly breeze with a calm sea. The...

Newspaper Award for Best Account of a Life-Boat Service

Date: June 1966

Volume: 39

Issue: 416

The Royal National Life-boat Institution's award for what was, in the Institution's judgment, the best factual account of a service by a life-boat to appear in a newspaper in 1965 has been made to Air. T. G. Barker of the Whitby...

Category: Awards

A Yacht

Date: September 1966

Volume: 39

Issue: 417

Hartlepool, Yorkshire - At 7.27 p.m.

on 2nd April, 1966, the coastguard told the motor mechanic that a yacht had capsized off the north pier. It was low water with a moderate easterly breeze and a corresponding sea. The...

Cogswell & Harrison Ltd

Date: December 1966

Volume: 39

Issue: 418

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Category: Advertisement

A Canoe

Date: September 1961

Volume: 36

Issue: 397

Walmer, Kent. At 6.17 on the evening of the 13th June, 1961, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a Royal Marine conoeist had capsized off Deal.

There was a moderate north-north- westerly wind with a choppy sea...

Hamilton Guild Lanarkshire

Date: Summer 1985

Volume: 49

Issue: 493

A beautiful setting and perfect weather ensured that an evening of wine, open sandwiches, fashion and music, organised by Hamilton guild, Lanarkshire, was a huge success, raising £1,400. The event was held in the garden of Mrs Kay... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Guilding the Rose

Date: Autumn 1988

Volume: 51

Issue: 506

To commemorate the Jubilee Year of Townswomen's Guilds, the Central Yorkshire Federation of Townswomen's Guilds held a 'Sixty Glorious Years' event at the Royal Baths Assembly Rooms in Harrogate.

The York... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs