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A New Life-Boat Engine

Date: May 1922

Volume: 24

Issue: 276

THERE is one very important difference between the designing of a Life-boat and the designing of her engine.

The requirements of the Institution, so far as hulls are concerned, are quite special. No other small craft are...

Category: Articles

Farewell!

Date: October 1931

Volume: 28

Issue: 307

THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 106 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 78 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to September 30th, 1931 62,687 Farewell! By Sir George Shee, Secretary of the...

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Response and Responsibility

Date: Spring 2010

Volume: 61

Issue: 591

For the hard-pressed citizens of 1940s Europe, the truth of the slogan ‘waste not, want not’ was proven every day. In 2010, the message is being embraced anew by the RNLI to help it meet its responsibilities and to stretch donations ever...

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Awards to Honorary Workers

Date: July 1952

Volume: 33

Issue: 361

Thanks of the Institution on Vellum The Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum has been awarded to the following honorary secretaries of life-boat stations on their retirement: MR. G. N. CRAIGHEAD, M.B.E., of Peter- head. (Also...

Category: Awards

Alice Watts and Gladsy

Date: August 1913

Volume: 22

Issue: 249

Shortly after 10 A.M. on the llth January, the Coast- guard reported that a vessel off Gorton was dragging her anchors and driving towards the beach. As the position of the vessel was one of considerable danger, the Life-boat Kentwett was...

The Change to Ultra High Frequency

Date: December 1963

Volume: 37

Issue: 406

EFFICIENT means of communication at sea between life-boats and aircraft have been of growing importance in recent years. Particularly vital is the link be- tween life-boats and helicopters, for the number of services in which life- boats and...

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New Rother Class Life-Boat

Date: October 1972

Volume: 42

Issue: 441

Once the decision had been taken to fit all new life-boats with radar it was clear that the design of the 37-foot Oakley class of self-righting life-boat would have to be modified appreciably to enable radar to be fitted. The opportunity was...

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Maritime Book Society (Readers Union)

Date: Spring 1981

Volume: 47

Issue: 476

MARITIME BOOK SOCIETY The No-Nonsense Book Service for Yachtsmen, Racing Enthusiasts and Boat Owners SAIL POWER Everything you need to know about sails: their design, selection, handling, repair, measuring, care and their optimum use in both...

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Kite-surfers

Date: Winter 2004

Volume: 59

Issue: 567

Kite-surfers hit by sudden squall Members of the Littlehampton inshore lifeboat crew were called into action in September 2003 when a group of kitesurfers were suddenly swept across the beach and out to sea by strong offshore windsThe alarm...

Royal National Life-Boat Institution. Appeal

Date: February 1896

Volume: 16

Issue: 179

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