LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Electrical Communication on the Coast for Lifesaving Purposes
THE resolution of the House of Commons so unanimously passed last Session at the instance of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION, on the motion of its Chairman, Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., relative to the establishment of a...
Category: Articles
Voices
VOICes ‘The lifeboat volunteers make me proud to be British.’ Murray Walker The voice of Formula One tells Rory Stamp of his admiration for the RNLI’s crews ‘I’ve always had immeasurable respect for them,’ says Murray Walker as he watches...
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Lyme Regis Atlantic 21 Rigid Inflatable Lifeboat
Lyme Regis Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat returning from service on July 24, 1983, at the start of Lyme's Lifeboat Week. Manned by Helmsman John Hodder and Crew Members Robert Irish, Colin Jones and Brian Miller, she had launched... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting for 1884
1.—Moved by His Grace The DUKE OF ARGYLL, KG., K.T.
Seconded by Admiral of the Fleet The Hon. SIR HENRY KEPPEL, G.C.B.
1.—That the Report now read be adopted, printed, and...
Category: Meetings
Practical Hints for the Consideration and Guidance of Merchant - Seamen and Others Having Charge Or Command of Boats
1. Acquire the habit of sitting down in a boat, and never stand up to perform any work which may be done sitting.
2. Never climb the mast of a boat even in smooth water, to reeve halliards or for any other purpose, but...
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The Society of Arts and Life-Saving Apparatus
THE "Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce," com- monly known as the " Society of Arts," as most of our readers will be aware, offers from time to time its Gold Medal to be competed for by...
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A New Type of Motor Life-Boat for Liverpool
Under the heading " More Motor Life-boats " the following letter from the Secretary of the Institution appeared in the Liverpool Journal of Commerce on the 22nd April, 1920 :.— SIR,—I have read with much pleasure in a recent issue...
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An Aeroplane (22)
JUNE 20TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. At 7.48 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea about four miles to the north-east. A strong north-east breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The No. 1 motor...
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People and Places
Lifeboats in the South Seas - in TongaJust before Christmas, Swanage lifeboat station received news of their old lifeboat, Thomas Markby, which served at the station from 1928 to 1949.
The letter came from the Kingdom of...
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