IN May of this year Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., completed twenty-five years as chairman of the Committee of Management of the Institution.
There have been, including him, eight chairmen in the 124 years since the Institution...
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AT the annual meeting of the Committee of this fund, held on the 17th of January, and presided o-rei by Mr. "W. H. HAINES, Chief Clerk of the House of Lords, Mr. CHARLES DIBDIN, the Honorary Secretary, reported that the number of the...
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At 5.35 A.M. on the 18th September it was reported that the Gull Light-vessel was firing guns, and also that a steamer could be seen on the Goodwin Sands. The Life-boat .Charles and Susanna Stephens promptly proceeded in tow of the Harbour...
The seas off the north of Scotland and around Orkney and Shetland can be unforgiving and, in the worst of weathers, will catch out even the largest of ships. The safety of mariners and sea users in the area is overseen by the Maritime and... - View image in PDF
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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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A bridge marathon held in March at the home of Mrs Hilda Henshall raised £714.69 for the Rhosneigr section of Holy head ladies' guild. The players, who kept going for just over 24 hours (to complete the last game!), present the... - View image in PDF
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Nine stations completed 150 years service in 1975 and were presented with anniversary vellums: Appledore, Courtmacsherry, Cromer, Dun Laoghaire, Hartlepool, Howth, Newcastle Co. Down, Padstow and Skegness.
(Right) At Dun... - View image in PDF
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A NEW life-boat film called Gale Warnings, with a spoken commentary, is now in use, and the Institution's branches can ask for it at any time for showing in cinemas, at meetings, or privately.
The film is designed to...
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To the Rev. K. H. MACDERMOTT, upon his ( retirement after 10 years as Honorary Secretary of the Selsey Branch, the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum.
To the Rev. R. J. HODGES, upon his retirement after...
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When the mail steamer Isle of Sark arrived from Jersey on the morning of the 9th January, the captain reported to the harbour master that a small steamer appeared to be in difficulties about three miles S.W. of Sark. He had seen large...