LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Anniversaries are big news this year! It's the Diamond Jubilee of our Patron, a century since the Titanic sank (page 48) and the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens, a passionate supporter of the RNLI.
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Category: Articles
Smith's Patent Ship-Lifting and Submarine Surveying Apparatus
CONSIDERING what a vast amount of wealth has been every year engulfed beneath the waves since mankind engaged in commerce by sea, it is matter for astonishment that so little has been attempted in an organized and scientific manner for the...
Category: Articles
Life-Boat Day In Greater London
The "Splendid" Poor.
LIFE-BOAT Day was held throughout Greater London on 20th May, except in Baling, where it was held on 27th September. The Day was organized by the Central London Women's Com- mittee of...
Category: Articles
Brighton's Atlantic 21 Lifeboat on Exercise In Heavy Seas the Photograph Was Taken By Alan Young Helmsman of the Lifeboat for the Service Described Below
Brighton's Atlantic 21 lifeboat on exercise in heavy seas. The photograph was taken by Alan Young, helmsman of the lifeboat for the service described below.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 13th December, 1894.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Bead and confirmed the Minutes of the pre- vious meeting.
Also read those of the Finance and Corre-...
Category: Committee
High Seas
More views of RNLI lifeboat stations from the air.
North Berwick-Scotland Division Perched on the promentary at the very end of the Firth of Forth (seen stretching away in to the distance) North Berwick can be a rough place...
Category: Articles
The Wreck Register and Chart for the Year Ended the 30th June, 1887
THE admirably arranged and deeply interesting Tables compiled from the wreck register which the BOARD OF TRADE publishes each year, bring vividly before the mind the terrible loss of life and property which annually takes place on our coasts...
Category: Articles
The Late Charlie Cocks In His Early Days
The Late Charlie Cocks In His Early Days. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Happy Bear
Three saved from yacht after long tow by Tyne in Storm Force windsCromer lifeboat coxswain Richard Davies has been awarded the RNLI's Bronze Medal following the rescue of five people aboard the 30ft yacht Happy Bear off Cromer, Norfolk...
Wreck Chart of the British Isles for the Year 1902-1903
ED m TT FW r .i CT TTroi T u1 FOR THE YEAR 902-1905.
SHOWING .ALSO THE PRESENT LIFE BOAT STATIONS.
O"F TETE ROYAL NATIONP.L LIFE BOAT INSTITUTION.
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Category: Charts