LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Notes of the Quarter
IT is NOW possible to become a member of the Royal National Life-boat Institution. Up to now anyone interested could become a member of a branch or guild of the R.N.L.I., a governor of the Institution, an honorary vice-president, or a member...
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Festival In Aid of the Funds of the National Shipwreck Institution
IN the early part of March next, it is intended to hold a Public Dinner, in the City, in aid of the funds of the above Institution, and for the purpose of bringing the Society and its objects prominently before the country. His Grace the...
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The Isle of Man from Page 17
from page 17 married James Ritchie, whose family were the owners of the brewery Heron and Brearley, and she has stayed for a lifetime. Her present home, not far from the boathouse, looks out over Ramsey Bay, and as the years have gone by her...
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First-Aid Treatment for a Member of the Crew of the Torpedoed London Trader Picked Up By the Shoreham Lifeboat on July 26 1940
First-aid treatment for a member of the crew of the torpedoed London Trader picked up by the Shoreham lifeboat on July 26, 1940.. - View image in PDF
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Margate: (Left) With the Floor Broken Up By Waves Inside of Lifeboat House Stands Open to the Sea Slipway Can Be Seen on Left Photograph By Courtesy of Christopher
Margate: (Left) With the floor broken up by waves, inside of lifeboat house stands open to the sea. - View image in PDF
Slipway can be seen on left. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Christopher Fright. - View image in PDF
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The Use of Oil at Sea. By Lieut. John P. Holditch, R.N.R.
IN April, 1883, the ship I commanded was homeward bound from Australia to Cork, for orders; we were just off New Zealand, about the worst place "for wind till you come to Cape Horn on the passage.
A heavy N.W. gale...
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Shielding Themselves from the Cold and Wet Determined and Enthusiastic Rnli Supporters Assemble for the Naming Ceremony of the Lady of Hilbre By Hrh the Duke
Shielding themselves from the cold and wet, determined and enthusiastic RNLI supporters assemble for the naming ceremony of the Lady of Hilbre by HRH The Duke of Kent. Photo Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
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The Three Survivors of the Lynmouth Crew of 1899
Left to right—R. Burgess, G. S. Richards (who was second coxswain from 1886-1926, and coxswain from 1926-1931), and W. Richards (now second coxswain).. - View image in PDF
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The Bird of Dawning
The Bird of Dawning
by John Masefield
Review by
Carol Waterkeyn
The Bird of Dawning is a classic from 1933, recently republished by the National Maritime Museum with an introduction...
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The Dedication of Horace Clarkson By His Grace the Archbishop of Wales the Most Reverend Gwilym Owen Williams With Him Were Coxswain William Roberts (R)
The dedication of Horace Clarkson by His Grace The Archbishop of Wales, The Most Reverend Gwilym Owen Williams. With him were Coxswain William Roberts (r.) and Motor Mechanic Evan Jones.
photographs by courtesy of... - View image in PDF
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