LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Notes of the Quarter
TWIN ENGINED inflatable lifeboats have been designated the C class. This is to distinguished them from the single engined 15ft 6in D class inflatables, well known all round the coast. All C class boats at the moment are 17ft 6in Zodiac Mk IV...
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Life-boat Dinner at the Authors' Club
THE first of the Life-boat Centenary celebrations in London was a dinner at the Authors' Club on 29th January, at which Mr. George F. Shee, M.A., the Secretary of the Institution, an old mem- ber of the Club, presided, and at which Sir...
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Life-Boat Saturday Fund
DURING the past year the difficulties— at all times serious—encountered by those endeavouring by personal effort to raise money for, and increase public interest in, deserving charities and in- stitutions have been in evidence in a greater...
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In This Issue
In this issue Institution News 2 Letters 9 Feature Advancing a great cause 10 A review of the 150 year history of the Lifeboat magazine Lifeboats in action 14 Award-winning rescues - including the first award for an RNLI lifeguard The...
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Search and Rescue at Sea
ALONG the top of the first page of the official instructions to H.M. Coast- guard the following words are written : " The swift emergencies of the sea call for prompt response ".
It is just that which has led to...
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News from the Branches. 1st October to 31st December, 1938
Greater London.
Film premiere attended by H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent at the Odeon Theatre, Leicester Square. (A full account appeared in the last issue of The Life-boat.) BATTERSEA.—The Rev. P. H. Jones, C.B.E., R.N....
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The Lincolnshire Coast Shipwreck Association
WHEN the "National Shipwreck Institution," as this Institution was then called, was re-organized and consolidated in 1850, there were various county associations which acted in harmony and unison with it, but for all practical...
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The Fund Raisers
Concerted efforts Worcester guild has a particular talent for turning musical notes into pound notes. In May 1984 a concert given by Scottish baritone, Peter Morrison, in conjunction with the Hereford Police Choir, raised £362.25, while...
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Pensions, Etc. For Deserving Coxswains, Bowmen and Signalmen of Long Service
WITH the view if still farther recognising long, faithful and good service in the Life-boat cause, the Committee of Management of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION introduced on the 1st January 1 last a pension and gratuity scheme,...
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Resolutions Passed at the Annual General Meeting for 1909
THE RIGHT HON. LORD GEORGE F. HAMILTON, G.C.S.I., is THE CHAIR.
Moved by The Chairman.
Seconded by SIR JOHN CAMERON LAMB, C.B., C.M.G.
1. That the Annual Report be adopted, printed and...
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