LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Certificates of Service and Pensions.

The COXSWAIN'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE and a PENSION, have been awarded to: JAMES REDMOND, 10J years coxswain, 15 years bowman, and 11 years a member of the crew of the Dun Laoghaire...

IT is with great regret that we have to announce the retirement, under the age limit, of Commander Thomas Holmes, R.N., the Chief Inspector of Life-boats, on completing twenty-seven years' service, and we feel sure that our regret will...

Lytham-St. Annes, Lancashire; New Brighton No. 2, Cheshire ; Kirkcudbright; Douglas, Peel, Port Erin, Port St. Mary and Ramsey, Isle of Man.—21st January.

These eight life-boats searched for a missing aeroplane without...

Safety and Survival at Sea by E. C. B. LEE OBE, C.ENG, FRINA and KENNETH LEE MBBS, LRCP, MRCS, DIH An anthology of first person accounts of man's ability—or inability—to survive at sea by the victims of all types of sea...

Torbay, South Devon.—About 10.15 on the morning of the llth of August, 1956, the honorary secretary and the motor mechanic were keeping yachts in the harbour under observation as the weather had deteriorated. One yacht, Boy Jack, seemed to...

During a moderate south-westerly gale and heavy sea on the afternoon of the 25th June, a small fishing-boat was observed about four miles to the east of Broadstairs with the crew making signals of distress by placing their jackets on oars....

THE C.A.C. is hoping to arrange a crossword puzzle for inclusion in the Journal. At the time of going to press plans had not been finalised but further details will be given in the July issue.

Many people gave up weekend...

PORT LOGAN, WIGTOWNSHIRE.—It will be remembered that in the number of the Life-Boat Journal issued in Novem- ber last it was mentioned that the boat on this station had been replaced by a new Life-boat of the latest self-righting type...