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...
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(Below) The Humber Lifeboat Appeal's mascot, Bevan Bear, is pictured meeting for the very first time his namesake Brian Bevan (left), and two of the Humber lifeboat crew when he visited the lifeboat station... - View image in PDF
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A memorial to the crew of the Longhope, Orkney, life-boat who lost their lives on the night of 17th March, 1969, when their boat capsized in severe weather conditions, was unveiled in Osmondwall cemetery by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother... - View image in PDF
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Coxswain William Stephen, of Montrose, died on 16th December last, at the age of sixty-seven. He had been in the service of the Institution for fortyeight years. In 1913 he was appointed Coxswain of the Montrose No. 2 Lifeboat, and then in...
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THE portrait on the cover is of Captain William Watts-Williams, the coxswain of the St. David's life-boat. Captain Watts-Williams first went to sea at the age of thirteen, forty-nine years ago, and after a long and varied career,...
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On the even- ing of the 29th October, a telephone message was received from the pierhead that flares could be seen west of the pier. A whole W. gale was blowing with a very heavy sea and rain. The Motor Life-boat Greater London put out at...
LOCH NEVIS SEARCH Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 3.45 p.m. on i6th November, 1964, the wife of the owner of the motor launch Queen of Scots told the honorary secretary that the launch was overdue from a trip to Inverie.
The...
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CHELSEA.—Annual Meeting. Speaker : Sir Godfrey Baring, St., Chairman of the Institution. Amount collected in 1932 £244, as compared with £184 in 1931.
Visit of new Skegness Motor...
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BALLYWALTER. — On the 5th March information was received that a smack had been observed about ten miles distant, eastward, from the shore, in distress and apparently signalling for help.
The Life-boat William Wallace was...
At 1 A.M. on the 14th June, during a moderate W.S.W. wind and overcast weather, signal guns and rockets were observed from the Gull Lightship, and a flare was also seen in the direction of theGoodwin Sands. The Life-boat Bradford and the...