LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Sailing Dinghy (2)
Dungeness, Kent.—At 1.10 on the afternoon of the 19th of August, 1951, the Lade coastguard telephoned that a man was in difficulties in a sailing dinghy off Littlestone. At 1.15 the life-boat Charles Cooper Henderson was launched. The sea...
The Duchess of Kent and the Widows of the Mumbles
WHEN the Duchess of Kent visited Swansea on the 29th of October to attend the Festival of Music, she met the widows of the life-boatmen of The Mumbles who lost their lives when the life-boat capsized on the 23rd of April,...
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Grapple with gremlins
On 17 September, the trawler Dorothy May ran out of fuel, having been using it at a faster rate than usual.
A further fault meant that her battery hadn’t charged and she lost electrical power, rendering her radio useless....
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News from the Branches
THK ton highest remittances received from Branches during the year 1st October, 1919, to 30th September, 1920, are JIB follows:— ±. (/ City of London Liverpool Bradford .
Manchester .
Glasgow...
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Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent Addresses the Audience Before Presenting the Awards at the Festival Hall
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Kent addresses the audience before presenting the awards at the Festival Hall.. - View image in PDF
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Hrh the Duke of Kent Makes His Address Before Presenting the Awards In the Royal Festival Hall.
HRH The Duke of Kent makes his address before presenting the awards in the Royal Festival Hall.. - View image in PDF
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Walmer: (Below) Hampshire Rose With Her Crew and the Lifeboat People of Kent and Hampshire As Well As Neighbouring Stations Who Had Gathered for Her Naming Music
Walmer: (Below) Hampshire Rose with her crew and the lifeboat people of Kent and Hampshire, as well as neighbouring stations, who had gathered for her naming.
Music was by the Junior Band of the Royal Marines and fanfares... - View image in PDF
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Opening of the New Headquarters: the President Hrh the Duke of Kent With (I to R) the Director Captain Nigel Dixon and the Chairman Major-General Ralph Farrant
Opening of the new headquarters: The President, HRH The Duke of Kent, with (I. to r.) the Director, Captain Nigel Dixon, and the Chairman, Major-General Ralph Farrant.
photograph by courtesy of Bournemouth News and Picture... - View image in PDF
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Highland Laddie
Dungeness, Kent - At 11.30 a.m. on 12th July, 1967, news was received that the cabin cruiser Highland Laddie was aground off Lade. The life-boat Charles Cooper Henderson, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 11.50 in a fresh...
Notes and News
ELSEWHERE in this issue will be found full accounts of services performed by the Life-boats at Lowestoft, Gorles- ton, Spurn and Stromness, for each of which the Committee have made special awards of the Institution's medals for...
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