LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Boat Service and the Shipping Companies
IN the course of his speech from the chair at the Annual General Meeting,* Lord Burnham made an urgent appeal to the great shipping firms to give their generous support to the Life-boat Service, and pointed out that, at present, many of them...
Category: Articles
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
WHITBY. — The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has replaced the No. 1 Life- boat on this Station by a new boat, 34 feet long, 8 feet wide, and rowing 10 oars, which was presented by Mrs. MABT ANN ELLIS, of York, and formerly of North Grrimston...
Category: Articles
Texaco Caribbean, of Panama, Caracas
CHANNEL SEARCH It was learnt at 4.15 a.m. on 11th January, 1971, that an explosion had taken place at sea about one and a half miles west of the Varne Bank and that a tug was making for the spot. It was later established that the tanker...
People and Places
Malcolm Grant, the winner of the Volvo 440 Li car which was first prize in the RNLI's 60th national lottery owes his thanks to comedian Billy Burden, who drew his winning ticket. The popular comedian, who was curently appearing as Mr...
Category: Articles
Rentokil
Ity Appointment to Her Mij«iy The Queen Pest Control & Timber Pmemtioa Services & Product! An admittedly modest quid pro quo You save lives. We save buildings.
Including, we're pleased to say, many R.N.L.I....
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Rentokil
Her Majesty The Queen Pejt Control & Timber Preservat Services & Product! An admittedly modest quid pro quo You save lives. We save buildings.
Including, we're pleased to say, many R.N.L.I....
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The Life-Belt Used By the Crews of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life-belt are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy (maximum 28 Ibs., minimum 25 Ibs.) to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support...
Category: Articles
‘Awesome human beings’
When we heard the RNLI team had managed to get them out safely we were so relieved,’ says Alan, Sebastian and Jacob’s dad. ‘It’s amazing that a team of volunteers are willing to drop everything to come and help.’ The boys’ mum Helen added:... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Income and Expenditure for 1935
Expenditure.
Life-boats :— £ s. d. £ s. d.
New Life-boats for the following stations :—On account— Aith, Broughty Ferry, Cromer, Gourdon, Hythe, Ilfra- combe, North Sunderland...
Category: Accounts