LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
THURSDAY, 8th June, 1905.
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
Notes of the Quarter By Patrick Howarth
THE DEATH of Captain Nigel Dixon was a serious and sudden loss to the RNLI.
He became Secretary of the Institution.
a t i t l e which was later altered to that of Director, at a difficult time in 1970. Not...
Category: Articles
Northerly Gale: Short Steep Seas Break on the Bar at the Harbour Month Photograph By Courtesy of Dale Robinson
Northerly gale: Short, steep seas break on the bar at the harbour month. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Dale Robinson. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The power of the sea
Need some inspiration for your Summer reading list? Here’s a collection of books that celebrate the skills and endurance needed to master our planet’s expansive oceans
For adventurers
Across the Arctic Ocean –...
Category: Articles
The Wrecks In Torbay During the Gales of the 10th and 11th January, 1866
TORBAY, on the night of Wednesday the 10th of January last, was visited by one of the most terrific gales ever remembered there, and which strewed the western coasts of England with many wrecks. The loss of life was also very great. The Bay...
Category: Articles
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
Thursday, 14th September, 1899.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the pre- vious meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
Category: Committee
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
Thursday, 2nd April, 1868.—THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-Committees.
Category: Committee
From the brink
When hearing-impared surfer Isabella Denyer went out alone at Polzeath Beach, she soon became overpowered by waves. Here's what happened, in her own words
On a family holiday in Polzeath,...
Category: Articles
Meetings of the Committee
Tuesday, 6th May, 1858. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., V.P., F.R.S., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance, Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward...
Category: Committee
Notes of the Quarter
1964 WAS a record year with more launches by rescue craft of the R.N.L.I. than ever before. In 1965 a similar pattern seems to be developing. In two of the three months covered by this edition of THE LIFE-BOAT records were again established....
Category: Articles