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North Shields Sailors' Homes. Opening of the Building

Date: January 1857

Volume: 03

Issue: 23

OPENING OF THE BUILDING.

WE extract from the local papers some ac- count of the interesting ceremony of opening the North Shields Sailors' Home on the 21st October last by his Grace the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, K.G.,...

Category: Articles

The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck

Date: May 1884

Volume: 12

Issue: 132

FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.

THE beautiful obverse of this medal, executed by L. C. WYON, Esq., represents the bust of QUEEN VICTORIA, Her Majesty's locks gracefully waving and gathered in a knot behind...

Category: Medals

Travelscope (1)

Date: Winter 2005

Volume: 60

Issue: 571

Lifeboats Every booking benefits the RNLI READER HOLIDAY OFFERS Ocean Cruise Collection On bOard the MV Van GOgh... Award-winning tour operator Travelscope is simply the name to trust for unbeatable Ocean Cruising at prices that...

Category: Advertisement

Royal National Life-Boat Institution. Summary of Its Proceedings from 1st January, 1860, to 31st December, 1862

Date: April 1863

Volume: 05

Issue: 48

ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.

Summary of its Proceedings from 1st January, 1860, to 31st December, 1862.

SINCE the beginning of the year 1860, the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has...

Category: Annual Reports

Naming Ceremonies In 1939

Date: April 1940

Volume: 31

Issue: 341

Barmouth, Merionethshire.

The Institution stationed at Barmouth in 1939 a 32-feet surf motor life-boat, with Hotchkiss internal cone propellers. She is like the Poole motor life-boat described in the issue of The Life-boat...

Category: Inaugurations

Foreign Life-Boat Services. II

Date: February 1931

Volume: 28

Issue: 305

The United States (State Service.

Established 1848).

Since the publication of our extensive note on this Service in the November issue of The Lifeboat we have received the Annual Report of the U.S....

Category: Services

Welded Aluminium Construction Is Lighter Than Steel

Date: Winter 1989

Volume: 51

Issue: 507

Welded aluminium construction is lighter than steel and is well suited to the construction of carriage launched lifeboats, where steel is too heavy and abrasion problems make GRP unsuitable. - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Life-Boat Gear

Date: June 1852

Volume: 01

Issue: 04

1. Anchor and cable ; anchor for a 30-feet boat, not less than, 75 Ibs. weight; cable 60 fathoms of 3 -inch rope.

The anchor and cable to be secured to the floor of the boat amidships.

2. A grapnel 25 Ibs....

Category: Articles

IRB Launches North-West District

Date: December 1966

Volume: 39

Issue: 418

Rescues by IRBs in August were carried out by the following stations: Moelfre, Anglesey - At 4.55 p.m. on 8th August, 1966, a small boat was reported drifting out to sea off Moelfre island. The IRB was launched at 5 o'clock in a moderate...

Category: Services

People and Places

Date: Autumn 1991

Volume: 52

Issue: 518

Bandsmen dig deep Three members of the Royal Artillery Band dug deep to pull the winning tickets for the 55th National Lottery from the drum on Thursday 31 October 1991.

The band, which was appearing at the Pavilion Theatre...

Category: Articles