IT is only natural in this and other countries that the humane desire to improve the means for saving life from shipwreck should appeal to and occupy the minds of men -with a turn for invention or mechanically...
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THURSDAY, 12th January, 1893, Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., M.P., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.
Bead and confirmed the Minutes of the Finance and...
Category: Committee
Inshore lifeboats: (below) West Bay Ladies from Dunoon, who raised the money to provide the new D class ILB at St Abbs, were honoured guests at her handing over ceremony on June 26, 1976 and are seen here with members of the crew. (Below,... - View image in PDF
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The RNLI's Annual Meetings for 1995, held on 18 May, took place at a new venue in London - the Barbican Centre in the City.
The move from the South Bank Centre was a break with the tradition of the past few years and...
Category: Meetings
FAR away inland, when tempests blow Wild through the dark'ning night, We list to the roar of the winds as they go, On their hurricane steeds to the fight; For the hosts of the Storm-King are gathering fast Where the white-crested waters...
Category: Poetry
Thursday, 10th October, 1907.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
Category: Committee
APRIL 24TH. - COURTMACSHERRY, CO. CORK. An object had been reported in the sea off Seven Heads, but nothing was found.
Later it was learned that it was part of a barrage balloon. - Rewards, £11 15s. 6d..
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The RNLI's 1998 Annual Meetings For the fourth year running, the RNLI's Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards, held on 21 May, took place at the Barbican Centre in the City of London.
Displays were set...
Category: Meetings
High and dry on the Solway Firth From the shifting sand and mud banks of the Solway Firth, the grounded yacht Susiila radioed for help. It took a joint service by Workington and Silloth Lifeboats to locate the yacht and find a way to reach...