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I Mercantile Credit if possible) I I Fast friendly finance 13951 THE LIFEBOAT Summer 1982 Contents Lifeboat Services 77 Volume XL VIII The Naming of the 52ft Relief Lifeboat Dwctoso/Ken/ 85 Number 480 Grim but Glorious: the days of oar and sail, by Ray Kipling, public relations officer RNLI 86 Chairman • Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards 88 THE DUKE OE ATHOI.L Letters 95 Director and Secretary: REAR ADMIRAL W. J. GRAHAM, CB MNI An Epilogue to the loss of Solomon Browne, from Dr D. W. L. Leslie, Chairman, Penlee Station Branch 96 Lifeboat People 97 Tulip Lifeboat: at Spalding Flower Parade, by Theo Stibbons, Chairman, Spalding and District Branch 98 Editor: nn JOANDAV.KS Sh0relme " Some Ways of Raising Money 100 Headquarters: Royal National Lifeboat Institution, West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 Lifeboat Services, December, 1981, January and February, 1982 105 1HZ (Telephone Poole 671133). Telex: 41328. , ,,„ nBooks 107 London Office: Royal National Lifeboat Institution, 202 Lambeth Road. London SE1 7JW Index to Advertisers 108 (Telephone 01-928 4236). Editorial: All material submitted for Advertisements: All advertising COVER PICTURE consideration with a view to publica- enquiries should be addressed to tion in the journal should be addressed Dyson Advertising Services, PO Box The crew of St Peter Port, Guernsey, 52ft to the editor, THE LIFEBOAT, Royal 9, Godalming, Surrey (Telephone Arun class lifeboat Sir William Arnold who, National Lifeboat Institution, West Godalming (04868) 23675). on December 13, 1981, in winds gusting to hurricane force rescued 29 people from the Quay Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 1HZ Ecuadorian motor vessel Bonita (see page (Telephone Poole 671133). Photo- Subscription: A year's subscription of 77). It was a service for which a gold medal graphs intended for return should be four issues costs £1.40, including post- was awarded to the coxswain and the bronze accompanied by a stamped and addres- age, but those who are entitled to medal to each of his crew. (Back row, I to r): sed envelope. receive THE LIFEBOAT free of charge Crew Member Richard Hamon, Coxswain Michael Scales, Second Coxswain Peter will continue to do so. Overseas sub- Bougourd, Crew Member John Bougourd scriptions depend on the cost of postage and Crew Member Peter Bisson. (Front row, to the country concerned. Write to I to r): Crew Member John Webster, Assistant Next issue: the autumn issue of THE RNLI, West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset Mechanic Alan Martel and Motor Mechanic LIFEBOAT will appear in October and BH15 1HZ. Robert Vowles. The photograph was taken by news items should be sent by the end of Margaret Murray on South Bank, London, July. 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Her Majesty The Queen has given Speaking of the Institution's financial permission for the new 37ft 6in Rother position, the Duke of Atholl reported lifeboat at Barmouth to be named that the RNLI's income increased by Princess of Wales. The lifeboat was 17.4 per cent in 1981 to reach almost partly funded by an appeal throughout £14 million, the target figure for the Wales to celebrate the Royal Wedding year. He praised the fund raisers and last year and more than £50,000 was said: raised. A cheque for this amount was '// shows that our voluntary system is presented by the Lord Mayor of Car- strong enough to weather economic diff, Councillor Ronald F. Watkiss, to storms and to continue to provide the the Duke of Atholl, chairman of the money to build and maintain a first class Institution, who thanked the people of fleet of lifeboats, giving the nation unrival- Wales for supporting the appeal so led value for money.' generously and described the cheque as At the afternoon meeting HRH Prin- '. a splendid result and a most wel- cess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, pre- come boost to our funds'. sented the gold medal for gallantry awarded posthumously to Coxswain Royal luncheon party NOTES OF Trevelyan Richards to his mother, Mrs Superintendent Coxswain Brian Bev- Mary Richards, and the bronze medals an of Humber lifeboat station was THE QUARTER awarded to the seven members of his invited by HM The Queen to a private crew to members of their families. The luncheon party at Buckingham Palace Princess also presented the gold medal on May 18. Coxswain Bevan, who holds to Coxswain Michael Scales of St Peter the gold, silver and bronze medals for THE DUKE OF ATHOLL, chairman of the Port for the rescue of 29 people from gallantry, received a bar to his bronze RNLI, praised the courage of the Pen- the cargo vessel Bonita in hurricane medal at the recent annual presentation lee lifeboat crew lost last December and force winds last December; the bronze of awards. of their families at the annual general medal was presented to each of his seven crew. meeting of the governors of the RNLI US Navy League dinner A full report of the annual meetings held in London on Tuesday morning HRH Princess Anne was guest of begins on page 88. May 11. The Duke described the crew honour at the dinner organised by the of Solomon Browne as ... United Kingdom Counil of the Navy '. .fine, well-trained lifeboatmen' League of the United States on April 2 who, when the call came 'in the finest New Penlee lifeboat at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.