LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Royal National Life Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
(Incorporated by Royal Charter.) Founded 4th March, 1824,—Supported solely by Voluntary Contributions.
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HIS MOST GRACIOUS Majesty...
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A Bicycle for Life-Saving at Sea
LAST March one of the Institution's contractors forwarded to it a letter inquiring if there were any kind of bicycle " used at summer resorts for saving life," as the writer was " about to invent a bicycle of that...
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Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 11th January, 1894.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Finance and Corre-...
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Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 10th October, 1889.
Colonel FitzRov CLAYTON, V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Finance and Correspondence,...
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Lifeboats and Lifeguards In Action
Cave campers swamped Six cave campers at Tenby were taken by surprise in the early hours of 5 August, when the tide came in and washed their possessions away. They retreated further into the cave, but soon found themselves in deep water....
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Four Years of War.
In four years of war our life-boats have rescued 5288 lives. They have rescued more lives in these four years of war than in the last fifteen years of peace. They have rescued 25 lives every week.
Life-boatmen have been...
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Disasters of Sixty and Fifty Years Ago. The Recollections of Eye-Witnesses
SIXTY years ago last September, and fifty years ago this December, life- boats were capsized and lives were lost.
Sixty years ago it was the life-boat at Kingstown, Co. Dublin, which capsized.
Her second...
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Unsung Heroes: Frances Hudson
A volunteer describes her recent experience helping to preserve old photographs for future generations
What is your role?
I’ve been cleaning and digitising glass plates, part of a large collection of old lifeboat...
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A Life-Boat Model from the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough
Lv the spring of 1951 the Arts and Crafts Guild of the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, held its annual exhibition. Included in it was a life-boat stall, with pictures of life-boats and a model being built of a 52-feet Barnett...
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