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"The Brotherhood of Man:" A Tribute to the Life-Boat Service

Date: Winter 1953

Volume: 33

Issue: 364

DUBIXG the war our life-boat men were condemned by some people because they rescued those, who (in the opinion of certain folk) should have been left to perish. Some of these angry people wrote letters to the papers to ask why the men who...

Category: Articles

Early History of the Sliding-Keel

Date: August 1906

Volume: 19

Issue: 221

IT is very difficult to ascertain with any degree of exactitude when sliding or drop-keels first came into use. In the third volume of " An History of Marine Architecture," by John Charnock, F.S.A., published in 1802, there is a...

Category: Articles

The Life-Boat House

Date: May 1888

Volume: 13

Issue: 148

The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...

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The Life-Boat House

Date: May 1871

Volume: 08

Issue: 80

The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...

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Hospital and Pensions for Aged and Disabled Master Mariners and Seamen of the Merchant Navy

Date: January 1859

Volume: 04

Issue: 31

A DEPUTATION from the " Shipwrecked Mariners' Society," consisting of several noblemen and gentlemen, headed by his Grace the DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH, President of the Society, had an interview yesterday With the President of the...

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Welcome

Date: Spring 2017

Volume: 61

Issue: 619 Lifeboat Magazine Spring 2017

Our supporters, volunteers and lifesavers all seem to have a favourite bit of coastline that means something to them – what’s yours?

Whether it’s a remote, rugged shoreline or gentle seaside spot, there’s a desire to visit...

Category: Contents

Annual Meeting

Date: May 1915

Volume: 23

Issue: 256

THE ninety-first Annual General Meeting of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION was held in the Council Chamber at the Caxton Hall, Westminster, on Wednesday, April 21st, 1915, at 3.30 p.m. The Right Hon.

Walter...

Category: Meetings

The Self-Righting Life-Boat

Date: August 1884

Volume: 12

Issue: 133

THE award of the prize of £600 and a gold medal made by her Majesty's Commis- sioners of the INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES EXHIBITION to the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION for the " best full-sized Life-Boat, fully equipped,...

Category: Articles

Bookshelf

Date: Summer 1992

Volume: 52

Issue: 521

THE SPICE OF LIFE by 'Albert' Published by Harvey Press, 23/20 Royal Hospital, London SW34SRat£10(plus£1p&p) ISBN 09517513 01 'Albert' is one of the dedicated band of pensioners from the Royal Hospital, Chelsea...

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Rnli News

Date: Spring 1990

Volume: 51

Issue: 512

A Topping idea...

It is not often that one sees the director of the RNLI wearing a hard-hat, laying concrete, sporting a sprig of yew tree and then supping a glass of ale - especially when perched on the top of a...

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