THIS question was briefly touched on in the article in this Journal on " The Changes in the Institution's Life-boat Fleet since 1897," published in February last. Not very many years ago it was brought as a charge against the...
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THE Institution has received a gift of over £14 from the chief engineer of a steamer. In addition to his work as engineer, he acts as ship's barber.
For these services he charges nothing, but asks his clients to...
Category: Donations
SOME record, although brief, of our hea- viest storms may prove useful for reference at some future day, when the whole subject of shipwreck comes to be inquired into, as sooner or later it must. The disastrous gale of September last, which...
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THE ninetieth Annual General Meeting of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION was held in the Whitehall Rooms on Wednesday, March 18th, 1914, at 3 P.M. The Right Hon. the Earl of Selborne, K.G., presided, and amongst those present...
Category: Meetings
The coaster Heye P, her wheelhouse swept away, a total wreck on Sea Gull Rock, Prawle Point. photograph by courtesy of W. Budget!. - View image in PDF
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(Above) RNLB Shoreline is named . . . and Lt Alan late, divisional inspector {North East) leads three cheers for Sir Alec Rose.. - View image in PDF
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In London in December, 1967, Lars Amundsen, the sole remaining male relative of the celebrated South Pole explorer, Roald Amundsen, sold his famous classic collection of British Empire stamps in order to raise funds to pay for a second...
Category: Donations
Trading Stamps Appeal May I say a big thank you to all the readers who have sent me trading stamps? I have at last raised £10,000 and am so grateful for all the help and encouragement I have received.
I started in a...
Category: Correspondence
9 In Captain George Manby, the inventor of the line-throwing mortar, Kenneth VValthew has found an excellent subject for a lively and colourful biography (From Rock and Tempest, Geoffrey Bles, £1.90/38s.). Manby was one of those...
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A welcome for the Duke from the crowds as he walked up to the exhibition site with the Lord Mayor of Plymouth, Councillor F.Johnson (right) and Captain Nigel Dixon, Director RNLI. . . .
photograph by courtesy of... - View image in PDF
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