LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 12th June, 1890.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bait., M.P., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Finance and...
Category: Committee
The R.N.L.I. Has Built Up Over 140 Years a Major Collection of Life-Boat Photographs and Illustrations. But Life-Boat Crews In Hazardous Conditions Seldom Get the Chance to Take Photographs. Som
The R.N.L.I. has built up over 140 years a major collection of life-boat photographs and illustrations. But life-boat crews in hazardous conditions seldom get the chance to take photographs. Sometimes the R.A.F. photographs lifeboats on... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Percy and Elizabeth Blunden
Percy and Elizabeth Blunden opened their garden to the public at Keepers Cottage, Lindfield, West Sussex, last July. It was a beautiful day and their magnificent garden was looking its best for the 597 people who came to enjoy it and the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The American Steamer Jonas Lie
J ANUARY 9 T H - ANGLE, AND ST.
DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE. Both lifeboats were called to the help of the American steamer Jonas Lie, which had been torpedoed, off Grassholme Island, but they were recalled as all her crew had...
News from the Branches
Annual Meetings.
ALNWICK.—On 15th February, Canon Manby presided in the absence of the Chairman, Sir Francis E. Walker, Bt. The Treasurer's report for the year ended 30th September, 1922, which was carried, showed the...
Category: Branches
Getting the message
The RNLI is preparing for Summer with its updated beach safety messages.
Last year’s Beachwise message – to always swim at a lifeguarded beach – reached more than 25M people through its radio launch. At the end of the...
Category: Articles
The Wreck Register and Chart for the Year Ended the 30th June, 1903
THE British Public is much indebted to the BOARD OF TKADE for the carefully prepared tables and statistics which it provides year by year in connection with the shipping disasters which occur on or near the coasts of the United...
Category: Articles
Bogus Distress Signals
MR. HECTOR HUGHES, Labour M.P. for Aberdeen North, raised the question of recent bogus distress signals fired at sea off the Scottish coast in the House of Commons in January.
Emphasizing that Scottish life-boat men had put...
Category: Articles
Norwegian Medals
THE Norwegian Government has awarded silver medals and diplomas to Mr. E. Selby Davidson, honorary secretary of the Tynemouth station, Coxswain George Lisle, W. Johnson, the motor mechanic, and Bartholomew Taylor, a member of the crew, for...
Category: Medals
Articles Held Over
ALTHOUGH this is an enlarged number it has unfortunately again been neces- sary to hold over, owing to lack of space, the article on the new fast type of Motor Life-boat stationed at Dover ; the article on Grace Darling's coble at the...
Category: Articles