LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Statement of Funds and Assets at 31st December, 1967
1966 £ 273,351 696,080 969,431 1,514,395 196,000 £2,679,826 ENDOWMENT FUNDS (Income only from which is available for expenditure in accordance with donors' directions) RESTRICTED FUNDS (to be applied as directed by donors)...
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Past and Present
25 years ago From the pages of THE LIFEBOAT, June 1965 issue SIX NEW STEEL LIFEBOATS After intensive trials extending over nearly a year the Institution has decided, in principle, to build six 44- foot steel life-boats. They will be to the...
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Tynemouth Life-Boat Is Launched
Tynemouth Life-Boat Is Launched. - View image in PDF
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Technical Developments
first inflatables were introduced in 1962, particularly as regards floorboards and the construction and maintenance of the craft.
In 1968 the Institution commissioned the design of a fast rigid hull for inshore...
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Past and Present
100 years ago From the pages of THE LIFEBOAT, May 1890 issue THE LIFE-BELT USED BY THE CREWS OF THE LIFE-BOATS OF THE NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life-belt are:- 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy...
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Lifeboat Small Ads
LANCASTER CANAL gateway to the Lake District and the Dales. Luxury narrow-boats for weekly hire or 3 day one-way cruises. Day skipper facility available. For details tel: ARLEN HIRE BOATS Scottish Highlands Inverewe Garden 6 miles Small...
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2007: The Experimental FCB2 Is Unveiled – The Future Face Of Carriage-Launched All-Weather Lifeboats?
2007: the experimental FcB2 is unveiled – the future face of carriage-launched all-weather lifeboats? Photo: Tony Roddam. - View image in PDF
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Stranded kayakers
ST DAVIDS | 26 AUGUST
Crew members on St Davids RNLI's Tamar class all-weather lifeboat were looking forward to putting their feet up at the end of a busy day at the Solva Regatta. AU such thoughts evaporated however...
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T.I.D. 66
TUG TAKEN IN TOW TO HARBOUR Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.
At 2.24 on the morning of the 12th January, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen about six miles east of Berwick,...