Admiral The Lord Boyce will take over as Chairman of the RNLI from 5 November this year.
He joined the RNLI Council in 2004 and has served as Vice-Chairman since 2006. In his naval career he was First Sea Lord and Chief of...
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Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—8th June, 1938. The sounding of a horn in a dense fog had been reported, but no vessel in distress was found.—Rewards, £7 16s..
Thanks of Institution on Vellum The thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum have been accorded to the following honorary secretaries of life-boat stations on their retirement: MR. CHARLES H. ASH, Appledore.
CAPTAIN...
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SOLELY BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
« Post firsniras Jlrcsibtttt—His GRACE THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, P.C., D.&L.
Services of the Life-boats of the Institution in...
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As our readers are aware, the subjects treated on in this journal have been exclusively those which are either directly, or indirectly, connected with the function of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION—the " Preservation of Life...
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Himley Hall SC, a small family sailing club with its waters in beautiful Himley Park, West Midlands, held a 24-hour sponsored race over a May weekend in both 1976 and 1977. Twelve teams took part in the first year and ten the second, with...
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Broken rudder THE HONORARY SECRETARY of Poole Lifeboat station was informed by Portland RHQ at 0750 on Tuesday, August 23 that a Dutch warship had reported a 25' yacht, Lucy, with a broken rudder 23 miles south of Anvil...
Yacht among rocks THE NORWEGIAN YACHT Festina-Lente reported by VHP radio at 1333 on Tuesday December 14, 1982, that her engine and steering gear had failed; she was one mile south of St Helier Harbour entrance.
The yacht...
Two sailors were rescued from their capsized boat in May this year thanks to the eagle eyes of an 11-year-old boy from South Queensferry. Scott Findlater spotted an object floating in the water from his bedroom window and raised the alarm....
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT ARBROATH by east of Arbroath, and the motor life- FEBRUARY 9TH. -ARBROATH, ANGUS. At 10.35 in the morning boat John and William Mudie was distress signals were heard south-east launched at once. It was very hazy. A...