LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Change of Title of the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
MOST of our readers are already aware that the title of the above Society has been recently altered to that of the " ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION—founded in 1824 for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck;" they may not,...
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Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
KINGSDOWNE, KENT.—On the morning of the 18th September, signals of distress were fired by a vessel which proved to be the steamer Dolphin, of London, bound from London to Havre, with a general cargo and passengers, which had been in...
Category: Services
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution—continued
POHTHDINLLAEN, NORTH WALES. At ,' 11 o'clock on the night of the 6th Sept., j 1884, the coxswain of the Life-boat, took up his station at the watch-house, j so as to be in readiness should the ser-vices of the boat be required, as...
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The Fundraisers
Anniversary Morning Market Harborough ladies' guild celebrated its 21st anniversary year by holding a birthday coffee morning at the home of Mrs Roland Orton, president and founder of the guild.
The party was to thank...
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News from the Branches
Gateshead.
The Annual Meeting was held on the 1st June, the chair being taken by the Mayor (Alderman W. Clough). The report for the year ending the 30th September, 1920, showed that the Branch had raised a sum of nearly...
Category: Branches
They Came to Plymouth
Lifeboats representing the lifesaving associations of France, the Federal Republic of West Germany, Norway, Poland and Sweden made the voyage to the West Country last summer to be present for the opening weekend of the International Lifeboat...
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The Life-Boat
THE LiFE-BoAT.
Words by Vice-Admiral J. E. WARD.
~ 'i mf Last Verse and Music composed by C. H. PURDAT.
VOICE.
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Fine ships and...
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(Top) Malcolm Grant (Centre Left), the Winner of the Volvo In the RNLI's 60th National Lottery
(Top) Malcolm Grant (centre left), the winner of the Volvo in the RNLI's 60th national lottery with his wife Margaret (centre right) at the handing over ceremony in Cardiff. Photo Barry Webb (Above) Comedian Billy Burden draws the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Margate Then...
Last year marked the centenary of the loss of Margate rescue surf boat Friend to all nations along with nine of her crew. The surfboat was operated by a group of local boatmen in tandem with the RNLI lifeboat - generally the same men would... - View image in PDF
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Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
CLOUGHEY, Co. DOWN.—On the night of the 20th January the s.s. City of Lahore, belonging to Liverpool, stranded on Kearney Point. The Life-boat John was launched and proceeded to the steamer. The captain requested the boat to stand by, which...
Category: Services