LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Pinnace (1)
OCT. 5TH. - LERWICK, AND AITH, SHETLANDS. In the morning of the 4th October a Royal Air Force aeroplane came down on the sea about twenty-five miles N.E. of the N.E. corner of Unst Island, and a pinnace went out to her help. On the following...
Awards to Honorary Workers. Thanks of the Institution on Vellum
The THANKS OF THE INSTITUTION INSCRIBED ON VELLUM has been awarded to: Mr. ALEXANDER ALLAN, on his retirement after fifteen years as honorary secretary of the Kirkcudbright station branch.
Mr. HERBERT E. LOYNES, on his...
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Obituary of the Years of the War, 1939 to 1945
DURING the war over 200 honorary workers and friends of the Institution died. Among them were three members of the Royal Family, H.R.H. The Duke of Kent, President of the Institution, killed in an aeroplane accident on active service, H.R.H....
Category: Obituaries
Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting for 1862
1.—Moved by The Right Hon. the LOED MAYOR, and carried unanimously,— 1.—That the following noblemen and gentlemen be the officers of the Institution for the current year:—(tscfe last page for this list) 2.—Moved by Vice-Admiral the Right Hon...
Category: Meetings
Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting for 1878
THOMAS CHAPMAN, ESQ., F.R.S., V.P., CHAIRMAN OF THE INSTITUTION, IN THE CHAIR.
1.—Moved by the CHAIRMAN :— 1.—That the following Noblemen and Gentlemen be the Officers of the Institution for the current year:—(vide next...
Category: Meetings
Index to the Gift Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
(Tht figures refer to the number* of the Life-loatt detailed on the twelve preceding Pages.) A. F. H., 135. Dixon, Miss Anne, 45. Ionian, E. Esq., 179. Pooley, G. Esq.., the late, 265, A Lady, 16. Rixon, Miss, 249. lonourable...
Category: Donations
Argo
WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE—In a light wind, a moderate sea and hazy weather, on the morning of the 28th June, a telephone message was received from the Grunfleet Lighthouse reporting a barque ashore. The crew of the Life-boat Honourable Artillery...
Blue Star
New Quay, Cardiganshire - At 11.15 p.m. on 27th June, 1967, it was learned that the speed boat Blue Star with one man on board was overdue from a fishing trip. The life-boat St. Albans was launched at 12.07 a.m. on 28th in a gentle north...
A Replica Viking Longship
A mock Viking longship—one of four glass fibre replicas belonging to the Viking Longship Association—ran into trouble in Peel Harbour, on the Isle of Man, during a local carnival on August 2, 1987, when it began leaking and became submerged...
Travelscope
4 days Departing November & December 2006 On board MS Britannia Cruise the romantic Rhine when its famous Christmas Markets are in full swing and its villages and towns are jingling with festivity. Enjoy the terrific shopping...
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