LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Mr. D. H. ROFF has been appointed Assistant Secretary of the Institution in succession to Mr. Stirling Whorlow.

Mr. Roff, who was born in 1902, joined the Institution in 1919. He worked for a number of years in the Chief...

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LIGHTHOUSE AUTHORITIES Maritime Buoyage System A To be introduced in N.W.Europe & many other waters by stages starting in April 1977 (For explanation see page 200) LATERAL MARKS PORT HAND or or Top mark (if...

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Faster... and further The abilities of the new generation of fast lifeboats were highlighted on the very day that this page of The Lifeboat went to press - with Eyemouth's Trent Barclaycard Crusader going to the aid of a stricken fishing...

MAY 20TH. - ST. DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE.

At about 7.50 P.M. the coastguard reported that an aeroplane had crashed into the sea south of Ramsey Island, and the motor life-boat Civil Service No. 6 was launched at 8.19 P.M. and...

DURING the past week ending 16th December, 49 wrecks have been reported—making a total for the present year of 3,208.—Shipping Gazette.

Such is the brief but forcible record which has caught our eye as we were going to...

Royal National Institution FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.

ESTABLISHED IN 1824.

SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS.

PATRONS.

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The following coxswains, members of lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement and, in addition, those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations, were awarded an annuity, gratuity or...