LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Donaghadee: One of the Guardians of the Northern Approaches By Joan Davies
AUGUST 1910: DONAGHADEE station was established, its first boat being one of the earliest motor lifeboats in the Institution's fleet, a 43' Watson with a 40 hp engine capable of nearly 7 knots.
August 1975: it was...
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Good with Food
Staff and customers at The Co-operative Food stores in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man took up the challenge of raising £90,000 in 90 days earlier this year, from SOS Day to the end of April.
From a...
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Wreck Chart of the British Isles for 1879-80
FOTL 1879-80 A® SHOWING ALSO THE PRESENT LIFE BOAT STATIONS.
Category: Charts
Only Fools and Horses? By Ray Kipling
Ray Kipling, the RNLi's public relations officer, takes a closer look at the rescue statistics over the last 20 years.
WHAT HAVE a man on a bicycle, a man in a barrel, a pheasant, a butterfly and a • horse got in common...
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The Life-Boat
(See Diagramson opposite page.) The following figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the...
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Services of the Ramsgate Life-Boat
THE following is the Coxswain's report of the important services rendered on the night of 3rd Dec. last, by the Ramsgate life-boat, to the passengers of the emigrant ship Fusilier, of London; and to the crew of the ship Denierara, of...
Category: Services
Obituary
ADMIRAL JOHN HALLIDAY CAVE, C.B., V.P.—The Institution has sustained a grievous loss through the death of Admiral Cave, who passed away at his residence, 17, Palace Gate, Kensington, on Sunday, the 31st March, in his 86th...
Category: Obituaries
Emergency Rations
The Institution has received gifts of chocolate from Messrs. Cadbury, Fry, and Rowntree, and biscuits from Messrs. Huntley and Palmers, McVitie and Price and Peek Frean as emergency rations for its life-boats. By permission of the Ministry...
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Annual General Meeting
H.R.H. PRINCESS MARINA, DUCHESS OF KENT, President of the Institution, attended the annual general meeting of the governors of the Institution on the 6th March, 1962. Reporting on the past year's work, Earl Howe, Chairman of the...
Category: Meetings