LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
His Grace the Duke of Atholl Chairman of the Rnli Unveils a Plaque to Commemorate the Official Opening of the New Thirsk Fundraising Depot on 14 April 1989
His Grace the Duke of Atholl, chairman of the RNLI, unveils a plaque to commemorate the official opening of the new Thirsk Fundraising Depot on 14 April 1989. (Photo Yorkshire Evening Press). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Shielding Themselves from the Cold and Wet Determined and Enthusiastic Rnli Supporters Assemble for the Naming Ceremony of the Lady of Hilbre By Hrh the Duke
Shielding themselves from the cold and wet, determined and enthusiastic RNLI supporters assemble for the naming ceremony of the Lady of Hilbre by HRH The Duke of Kent. Photo Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
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Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 10th May, 1888.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., M.P., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.
Also those of the Finance and Correspondence,...
Category: Committee
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
Carrickfergus, co. ANTRIM. — The ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has formed a new Life-boat station at Carrickfergus, on Belfast Lough, it being considered most important, in view of the great shipping...
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The Voorwaarts
NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.—On the morning of the 3rd January the coastguards reported that a three-masted steamer was at anchor, S.W. of Trevose Lighthouse, flying the Italian ensign half-mast high.
The Life-boat Willie Eogers was...
Mazeppa, of Harwich
Hythe.—The ketch Mazeppa, of Harwich, a small vessel of seventy-two tons, came to anchor in Hythe Bay about midnight on the l-2nd April. At about 2.30 A.M. the vessel dragged her anchors and drifted towards the shore,and the master,...
Floralie (1)
French trawler THE FRENCH TRAWLER Floralie, 30 miles off Trevose Head on a bearing of 287°, reported in the early hours of Friday October 17, 1980, that she had a serious leak and needed immediate assistance. HMS Pollington, 40 miles...
Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, President of the R.N.L.I. Presenting Ian Gillies, a 12 Year Old Boy from Gourock, With An Inscribed Wrist Watch for An Act of Exceptional Gallantry
Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, president of the R.N.L.I., presenting Ian Gillies, a 12 year old boy from Gourock, with an inscribed wrist watch for an act of exceptional gallantry- The occasion of the presentation was the annual meeting... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
In a Whole Gale
The Mary Scott, on temporary duty at Dover, going out on January 1st, 1949, to the help of a pilot boat. - View image in PDF
From a painting by Mr, A. Whiting, a member of the crw.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Looking at Lifeboats
With the traditional double-ended lifeboat now replaced by fast lifeboats at every one of the Institution's stations RNLI Naval Architect Keith Thatcher takes a look at two of the classes which dominated the Institution's...
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