31st March 1924
Colonel Bristow presents Captain Alfred Instone with a clock, inset on the boss of a propeller, on behalf of the staff of the newly formed Imperial Air Transport Company. The IATC has absorbed separate companies operating the airways between London and the Continent.
Ship Losses:
Plymouth (United States) The 199-foot (60.7 m), 474-gross register ton schooner barge sank with the loss of five lives in the North Atlantic Ocean during a heavy snowstorm and gale off New Jersey in 65 feet (20 m) of water.
Pocono (United States) The 150-foot (45.7 m) (?), 698-gross register ton schooner barge sank in the North Atlantic Ocean during a heavy snowstorm and gale 1.6 nautical miles (3.0 km; 1.8 mi) off Sea Bright Beach, New Jersey, in 60 feet (18 m) of water. Her wreck is known as the "Rudder Wreck."