LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Boat Stations of the United Kingdom
XXV.-ST. MARY'S, SCILLY ISLES.
The Henry Dundas, 37 feet long, 9 feet beam, 10 oars.
THIS Life-boat was stationed at St. Mary's, the capital of the Scilly Isles, in 1874. Previous to that time it...
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£100,000 from the Civil Service
THE ' Civil Service Life-boat Fund held its sixty-eighth annual meeting at the Home Office on 15th May. The Right Hon. Lord Southborough, P.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., K.C.S.I., the chairman and honorary treasurer of the fund and a...
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The Wreck Register and Chart for the Year Ended the 30th June, 1904
THE Blue Book recently issued by the Board of Trade furnishing abstracts of the shipping casualties which occurred on or near the coasts of the United Kingdom, from the 1st July, 1903, to the 30th June, 1904, is not less inter- esting than...
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The Life-Boat of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
Deck Ban.
Kg. 3.
Kg. 4.
; Body Han, Midship Section.
The accompanying figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, and air-chambers of one of these boats,...
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Around the Fundraising Regions
Around the Fundraising Regions A list of branches and guilds from the Central England and Wales regions CENTRAL ENGLAND RNLI 102 Birmingham Road Bromsgrove Wares B61 ODF Tel (0527) 575017 Regional Organiser, Ms J. Feeney LLB Warwickshire...
Category: Branches
The Loss of H.M.S. 'Captain'
AMIDST the fearful events of the war, which at this moment are rending the heart of Europe and holding captive the sympathies of us all, there are few public events of a sufficiently stirring nature to claim from any of us more than a...
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Gem of the Ocean (1)
UPGANG AND WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.— During the afternoon of the 15th Feb- ruary the northerly wind freshened, bringing up a heavy sea, and at about 3.30 P.M. a telephone message from Runswick reported that a small vessel was driving southward in...
The Norwegian Motor Boat Runda
SEPTEMBER 24TH. - LONGHOPE , ORKNEYS. At about five in the evening the coastguard reported that a vessel needed help about a mile N.W. of Duncansby Head, and the motor life-boat Thomas McCunn was launched at 5.30. A S.E. gale was blowing,...
Top the 47Ft Tyne Class Has Served the RNLI Well
Top The 47ft Tyne class has served the RNLI we/I since her introduction in 1983, but the class will need replacing from 2003 when they reach 20 years old.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Left) Applause from the Audience
(left) Applause from the audience as the awards are presented. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs