LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Committee of Management
FOUR new members have been co-opted to the Committee of Management of the Institution. They are Captain R. E.
Cowell, C.B.E., R.D., R.N.R.; Mr. P.
Denham Christie; Field-Marshal Sir Francis Festing, G.C.B....
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The Life-Boat Stations of the United Kingdom
THE ISLE OF PURBECK, AND ITS LIFE- BOATS.
XLI. — SWANAGE.— The Charlotte and Mary, 35 feet by 9 feet, 10 oars.
XLII.—KIMERIDGE.—The Mary Heape, 28 feet by 6 feet 8 inches, 5 oars.
THIS...
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The S.S. Miguel, of Bilbao
Hartlepool, Co. Durham.—28th February.
At 11.19 A.M. the coastguard reported that the s.s. Miguel, of Bilbao, was in difficulties with her steeringchain broken, about twelve miles E.N.E. of West Hartlepool. A...
The Screw Steamer Tuskar, of Glasgow
At about 7 o'clock in the evening of the 26th February, the screw steamer Tuskar, \ of Glasgow, bound from Dundee to Liver- j pool, got on shore, in heavy weather, on the Abertay Sand Bank, at the mouth of , the Kiver Tay, A heavy sea...
While Touring Northern Ireland on April 4 Hrh the Duke of Kent President of the Institution
While touring Northern Ireland on April 4, HRH The Duke of Kent, president of the Institution, called at Donaghadee lifeboat station and went out for a short trip in the 44ft Waveney lifeboat Arthur and Blanche Harris.
He... - View image in PDF
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The Life-Boat of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
Deck Ban.
Kg. 3.
Kg. 4.
; Body Han, Midship Section.
The accompanying figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, and air-chambers of one of these boats,...
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The Nictaux, of St Johns
On the 13th March, during a strong S.W. wind, the ship Nictaux, of St. John's, N.B., struck on James's Bank, about four miles from South- port. The Jessie. Knowles life-boat quickly went off, and, with the assistance of two...
Farewell. Memories of Sixty Years
1904 to 1947—a long period, but a very pleasant time of work and progress in life-boat design. For seventeen years before that, I had the privilege of carrying out, under his supervision, the'designs produced by the late G....
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The Life-Boat of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
Fig. l.
. Sheer Plan.
Fig. 2.
Body Plan. Midship Section.
The accompanying figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, and air-chambers of one of...
Category: Articles
"Storm Warriors of the Suffolk Coast."
Storm Warriors of the Suffolk Coast, by Ernest Read Cooper, F.S.A. (" Suf- folk Coast"). With a Foreword by the Secretary of the Royal National Life-boat Institution. Heath Granton, Ltd. : 3s. Qd.
MAJOR COOPER has...
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