LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Duchess of Kent.
The Duchess of Kent, the new President of the Institution, was anxious to meet as many as possible of those who organise and carry on its work, and after the annual meeting on 8th. July a reception was held at the Savoy...
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Classified Advertisements
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Glen Rinnes
On fire THE FISHING VESSEL Glen RilUU'S Of Buckie, on fire off Burghead with a crew of three aboard, was reported to the honorary secretary of Buckie lifeboat station by HM Coastguard at 2000 on Thursday April 13.
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Obituary
ADMIRAL JOHN HALLIDAY CAVE, C.B., V.P.—The Institution has sustained a grievous loss through the death of Admiral Cave, who passed away at his residence, 17, Palace Gate, Kensington, on Sunday, the 31st March, in his 86th...
Category: Obituaries
Ros Bremore
Portrush, Co. Antrim. At 3.32 p.m.
on I4th January, 1966, a distress signal from the motor fishing vessel Ros Bremore was heard by the life-boat H. F. Bailey, which was on temporary duty at station, on her radio transmitter...
Alchuader III
French Yacht A MESSAGE came from the Coastguard to Salcombe honorary secretary at 1335 on Thursday, May 1, to say that the French yacht Alchuader III was unable to manoeuvre due to the very strong winds and the fact that her steering gear...
A Motor Boat
Portrush, Co. Antrim. At 10.45 on the morning of the 1st of October, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small motor boat was in difficulties off Bann Mouth.
There was a fresh south-easterly wind...
Sandra
Ramsgate, Kent. At 10.10 on the morning of the 1st July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a motor yacht had broken down just off the Brake sands. There was no wind and the sea was smooth.
At 10.18...
March 4th, 1824: March 4th, 1924
THE Institution was founded on 4th March, 1824, " at a Public Meeting of Noblemen, Gentlemen, Merchants, and others, held at the City of London Tavern, His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Chair." Such is the brief record...
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A Hunter Aircraft (3)
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 5.48 on the 7th of November, 1957, the coast- guard reported that a Hunter aircraft had crashed into the sea and that the pilot had baled out ten miles north of Lundy. The life-boat Henry Comber Brown was launched at...