SIR EDWARD BIRKBECK, BART., M.P., V.P., IN THE CHAIR.
Moved by The Bight Hon. Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, Bart., M.P., President of the Board of Trade.
Seconded by Sir EDWARD BIRK- BECK, Bart., M.P.,...
Category: Meetings
By Rear-Admiral FITZ-ROY, F.R.S.
KNOWING these circumstances, and having accurate statistical observations of these various currents, at selected outlying stations, showing pressure (or tension), temperature, and relative...
Category: Articles
The Duchess of Kent at The Depot. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Right: The crew out on the lough Picture: Colin Watson. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Day After The Wreck of the Alba. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Wexford Crew at The Time of the Fethard Disaster. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Boulmer, Northumberland.—At about 6.30 P.M. on the 19th June, 1938, information was received at the life-boat station, through Cullercoats wireless station and Blyth coastguard that the s.s. London had in tow the brokendown motor yacht Irene...
Joe Salmon, foreman rigger at the RNLI's Poole Depot since 1983, who joined the department as a rigger in 1977. He is survived by his wife Marlene, post room supervisor at RNLI headquarters, Poole..
Category: Obituaries
The fighting services have again been most generous with their help. Between them last year they gave over £12,000. The Nary gave seven times as much as in the last yeat of peace; the Air Force eight times as much; the Army tifteen...
Category: Articles
The Fourth Part of the World
By Toby Lester
Review by Peter Bradley
In ancient times the Earth, placed at the centre of the cosmos, was known to have three parts: Asia, Europe and Africa....
Category: Articles