LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Feature How Do You Prepare for a Coastal Walk?
Most of us, at some time or other, have enjoyed the experience of walking along a coastal path or beach.
To find out the hazards, the RNLI's website discussion forum, Waves, asked experts from all aspects of walking for...
Category: Articles
Books
Books Never turn back: The RNLI since the Second World War By Ray and Susannah Kipling Published by Sutton ISBN 0750943076 Price: £19.99 hardback While the RNLI’s status as a lifesaving charity has remained firm, the Institution has...
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Some Ways of Raising Money
Mr John Skellorn, of the Gravesend Sailing Club, gives a tip about raising money by paperboat racing.
He writes: 'As far as we know, only Belfleet yacht club and ourselves have organised paperboat racing. It started...
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Lifeboat Services
North Eastern Division North Sea Hurricane FORCE 9-10 north north east wind; rough sea with a heavy swell; low water; visibility down to about a half to one mile on an overcast morning with frequent hail and snow squalls; Flamborough...
Category: Services
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 6th January, 1887.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., M.P., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the pre- vious Meeting. Also read those of the Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck...
Category: Committee
Some Ways of Raising Money
Flag days have been beating all records in this 'Year of the Lifeboat'.
Here are just a few results: On London lifeboat day, March 19, £69,355 was collected, nearly £9,000 more than in 1973. For the flag...
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A Royal Air Force Machine
Hartlepool, Co. Durham, Runswick, and Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—4th December.
A Royal Air Force machine came down at sea at night, but could not be found, and the pilot was drowned.
—Rewards, Hartlepool, £...
The Civil Service Life-Boats
Inaugural Ceremonies at Donaghadee (Co. Down) and Whitehills (Banffshire).
DURING the present year the Inaugural Ceremonies have taken place of two new Motor Life-boats which are gifts to the Institution from the Civil...
Category: Inaugurations
List of Legacies Left to the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
£. «. rf.
1825. JOHN HENRY HECKER, Esq., Finsbury Square 1,000 0 0 1830. WILLIAM PRIOR, Esq., Herne Hill, Camberwell 1,827 14 8 1830. WILLIAM WALCOT, Esq., Oundle, Northamptonshire 50 0 0 1832. Mrs. DUPPA,...
Category: Donations
An Aeroplane (56)
JUNE 17TH. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE. A trawler ashore on the Mull of Kintyre had been reported by coastguards on the Irish coast, but it was found that, she was a trawler which had been ashore since January, and owing to the extra -...