LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Lieutenant H.R.H. Prince George, K.G., G.C.V.O., R.N., named the two Motor Life-boats at Stromness and Longhope in the Orkneys on the 6th June.

These are the two most northerly Life-boat Stations in the British...

Lives saved.

Adeline, cutter, of Great Yar- mouth 1 Agder, barque, of Frederickstadt 4 Aire, schooner, of Goole 4 Aldafro«,of Aberporth—landed 2.

Albert, steam-tug, of Chester— rendered...

By JAMES GLAISHER, Esq., F.R.S.

THE variations in the readings of the barometer at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, are shown in the annexed diagram, including 46 days, ending the 30th of November, daring which period...

At 11.50 P.M. on the 17th December the Dartmouth coastguards reported that a steamer was ashore on Slapton Sands, in Start Bay.

A strong N.E. breeze was blowing, with a heavy sea, and visibility was...

Fishing vessel skipper rescues stranded man in severe conditions The rescue of a fellow fisherman stranded on an island in Storm Force winds earned Scalloway fisherman George Williamson an RNLI Bronze medal for Gallantry. The three members...

electronic aids to navigation DEPTH—by HECTA echo-sounder, as supplied to the R.N.LI. This instrument indicates depth by pointer and scale, and illumination for night use is by virtually everlasting 'Batalite'. It has two range...

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IT is with deep regret that we have to record the death of Admiral Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton, G.O.B., which took place, at the age of 83, at Chalfont St. Peter, Bucks, on Wednesday, Sep- tember 18th.

Sir Richard Hamilton...