LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lord Inchcape Chairman of the City of London Appeal Escorts the Lord Mayor of London Col Sir Ronald Gardner-Thorpe Cbe Id Up the Beautiful Staircase of the Fishmongers' Hall to the Banq
Lord Inchcape, chairman of the City of London appeal, escorts the Lord Mayor of London, Col Sir Ronald Gardner-Thorpe, GBE ID, up the beautiful staircase of the Fishmongers' Hall to the banquetting hall. With them (centre front) is John... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Recent Storms
OF all the stormy periods which have found noble work for our Life-boat Fleet, and which have tried the mettle of the brave fellows by whom it is manned, perhaps none have exceeded in violence and destructiveness that of the last few weeks....
Category: Articles
Remember the Life-Boat
Come, now, a cheer for tho Life-boat And its gallant fearless crew; Only give them a chance, lads, And you'll see what they can do.
No matter how dirty tho weather, Or how fierce the wind may blow, They're ready...
Category: Poetry
List of the Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution During the Year 1883
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Category: Services
This impressive carnival float—it depicts a 48-foot 6-inch class of life-boat—was a big attraction at the end of last year at the Bridgwater, Somerset, carnival. It was entered by Mr. D. B. Frost of the Black Horse Inn, Bridgwater.
This impressive carnival float—it depicts a 48-foot 6-inch class of life-boat—was a big attraction at the end of last year at the Bridgwater, Somerset, carnival.
It was entered by Mr. D. B. Frost of the Black Horse Inn,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Motor Life-Boats of the Institution. No. 1.—The 60-Feet Barnett Type
THE 60-feet Barnett type of Motor Life- boat is the largest, fastest and most powerful in the Institution's Fleet, with the exception of the one Motor Life- boat designed and built for the special circumstances of service in the Straits...
Category: Articles
Bertolemeo Cerruti, of Genoa
On the 27th October, another severe 1 gale sprang up from the N.N.E., and the ! barque Bertolemeo Cerruti, of Genoa, which ! was riding at anchor, was observed to I drift rapidly on shore, the sea soon ; making a complete breach over her....
The Reliance
A strong gale from the N.E. sprung up on the afternoon of the 14th February, accompanied by snow-showers and a very high sea. Most of the fishing-boats had returned home, but one of them, the Reliance, was overtaken by the storm and was...
Meetings of Committee
1st July. T. WILSON, Esq., in the Chair.
At a Special General Meeting of the Institution, convened pursuant to advertisement, confirmed the alterations in the Rules and Regulations as adopted at the previous Special...
Category: Committee
The German Life-Boat Society During the War
THE War, which caused such an inter- ruption in neatly every branch of national and international life, very soon led to a complete cessation of the exchange of journals and reports between this Institution and the Life-boat Services of our...
Category: Articles