LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 6th January, 1870: THOMAS CHAP- MAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Corre- spondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-Com-...
Category: Committee
Anne Gill
On the following morning the Life-boat went to the assistance of the stranded schooner, Anne Gill, of and for Goole, from London, laden with wheat. Her crew had launched their own boat, and two men had got into her, but she broke adrift and...
Ready to Set Out
On the right is Mr. Linton Thorp, K.C., on the left Mr. J W. B Hepper and Commander J. M.
Upton, R.D., R.N.R.; in the centre. Coxswain Dennis Price of Margate (with binoculars), and Mr. A. C. Robinson, the Margate honorary... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mr. Leonard Gow, Vice-President
IN May, 1930, the Committee of Management appointed Mr. Leonard Gow, J.P., Chairman of the Glasgow Branch since 1927—and previous to that Honorary Secretary of the Branch for 16 years—a Vice-President of the Insti- tution, in recognition of...
Category: Committee
The Prince of Wales, Gravesend, Crew Rowing Down Woolwich Reach In the 5Th RNLI Annual Sponsored Marathon Row, Gravesend to Greenwich and Back, August 18,
The Prince of Wales, Gravesend, crew rowing down Woolwich Reach in the 5th RNLI annual sponsored marathon row, Gravesend to Greenwich and back, August 18, 1974. It all started with Eric Lupton's idea in 1970. Twelve boats rowed from... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Below) a Plank Is Carefully Positioned and Fastened In the Age-Old Way.
(below) a plank is carefully positioned and fastened in the age-old way.. - View image in PDF
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The Fishing Smacks Useful and Mannin
MCH. 11TH. - DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN.
During the afternoon a strong N.W. gale sprang up, with a heavy sea. Anxiety was felt for the local fishing smacks Useful and Mannin, which were at sea, and the motor life-boat Manchester...
An Aeroplane
A PRIVATE AEROPLANE CRASHES St. David's, Pembrokeshire.—At 8.15 on the night of the 15th of August, 1947, a resident telephoned that her husband had taken off in his aeroplane, with the life-boat's assistant motor mechanic as a...
Feature: We Ask the Questions
Making RNLI history work for the futureHeritage is very important to the RNLI. It's not just about having a collection of lifeboats and equipment from yesteryear, it is also about social history. Over the years the RNLI has amassed a...
Category: Articles
Living on the edge
Our coastlines may appear as fi rm lines on a map but they are constantly changing. A European Commission report in 2004 stated that over 17% of the UK and nearly 20% of the RoI coastline is eroding, challenging the very existence of some...
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