LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
News from the Branches. 1st May to 31st July, 1938
Greater London.
Life-boat day was held throughout Greater London on 31st May. The amount raised was £6,397, an increase of £1,074 on 1937.
Presentation 'by Mr. Kenneth Lindsay, M.P.,...
Category: Branches
Northward
SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT FRASERBURGH SEPTEMBER 2 4TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. Just after two in the morning the coastguard told the life-boat station that a vessel was ashore on the Cairnbulg Briggs, a reef of rocks about two miles away...
The Problem of Launching at St. Ives
The first St. Ives life-boat was built locally and was stationed there in 1840.
In 1860 she was replaced by a pulling and sailing life-boat of the self-righting type built by the Institution, and up to 1933 the life-boats...
Category: Articles
A Message from the Director
Twelve months ago we predicted another busy, challenging year for the RNLI. and our predictions have certainly proved correct.
The launchings of the prototype FABs 3 and 4 were keenly anticipated as so many of our future...
Category: Articles
Vodafone
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Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
GOURDON, SCOTLAND.—On the 5th Nov.
last the new Life-boat recently provided for this station was publicly inaugurated with due pomp and ceremony. The village was gaily decorated for the occasion, streamers of flags...
Category: Articles
The Annual Meeting
THE hundred and eleventh annual meeting of the governors of the Institution was held at the Central Hall, Westminster, at 3 P.M. on Friday, 5th April.
Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution, presided,...
Category: Meetings
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New Ways of Raising Money
When the Barnt Green ladies' life-boat guild had their annual meeting the collecting box from the Barnt Green sailing club was opened. It contained over £3 —mostly in half-crowns. This is because there is a local rule in the sailing...
Category: Donations
Spreety
Lifeboat and ILB AT 0813 ON WEDNESDAY August 17, 1977, HM Coastguard Aldeburgh requested the launch of Aldeburgh lifeboat to a yacht firing red flares about half a mile east of the lookout. Because of the difficulties of launching at low...