LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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
Sketch of the Progress Made In the Construction of Coast Life-Boats. 1785-1900. No. 8
THESE remains but one type of Life-boat to which reference is necessary to com- plete the description of those boats which are propelled either by sail or oars. The Cromer type bears so strong a resemblance to the Liverpool Life- boats that...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Lesrix and S.S. Empire Pilgrim
JANUARY 26TH. - NEWBURGH, AND ABERDEEN, ABERDEENSHIRE. On the 25th January a very heavy storm of wind and snow broke on the coast. All roads and railways became blocked with snow, making traffic impossible, and telephone wires were broken....
The Author Richard Mann In the Museum at Rnli Hq West Quay Road Poole As the Institution's Display Manager It Is Part of His Work to Care for the Institution's Museums and to Support The
The author, Richard Mann, in the museum at RNL1 HQ, West Quay Road. Poole. As the Institution's display manager it is part of his work to care for the Institution's museums and to support the volunteer curators who run... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sir George Shee: An Appreciation
THE Royal National Life-boat Institu- tion has had only four secretaries during the 107 years of its existence. The first was Thomas Edwards, who served from 1824 to 1850. Richafd Lewis (1850 to 1883) and Charles Dibdin (1883 to 1910) were...
Category: Articles
Wreck of the S.S. "Ontario," on the Hasborough Sands
THIS fine steamer was totally wrecked on the Hasborough Sands, off the Norfolk coast, on the 20th October last, having grounded there on the Sunday previously. She belonged to Liverpool, and was 2,880 tons burden, and was commanded by a...
Category: Services
Girls from Hastings High School Visited Their Local Lifeboat Station In March to Present a Cheque for £600 to Hastings and St.Leonards Branch the Result of Their 1977 C
Girls from Hastings High School visited their local lifeboat station in March to present a cheque for £600 to Hastings and St Leonards branch, the result of their 1977 charity project: it is twice as much as they have ever collected... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
News
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LIFEBOAT VOLUNTEER IS NEW LEADER
We are delighted to introduce Mark Dowie as the RNLI’s new chief executive. He succeeds Paul Boissier, who has retired after 10 years. As a...
Category: Articles
Swimming
PERHAPS the widely-spread belief amongst our sailors in the existence of a sweet little cherub, whose peculiar mission it is to sit up aloft, and keep watch for the life of poor Jack, is one of the reasons why poor Jack takes such very...
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Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 5th June, 1877: THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., Chairman of the Institution, in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Corre- spondence, and Wreck and...
Category: Committee