LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Cry from the Heart
THE Organising Secretary for Greater London was the guest of the Stoke Newington Rotary Club, on October 3rd. The Vice-President of the Club was in the chair, as the President was that day crossing to Belgium. During the lunch the following...
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The Life-Boat Stations of the United Kingdom
XXXI.—ST. DAVID'S.
Augusta, 32 feet long, 7 feet 6 inches beam, 10 oars The Augusta was stationed at St. David's in 1869 her cost being subscribed by the Earl of Dart- mouth's tenantry in Staffordshire and...
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A Hythe Life-Boat Play
LAST February, as already reported in The Life-boat, the Hythe life-boat crew gave an entertainment. It was their second. The first had taken place two years before. It had been modestly called a concert, but proved to be such an original...
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The Corporation of Trinity House
IN the Journal of THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION it is fitting that there should appear a brief account of the history and functions of the Cor- poration of Trinity House, the General Lighthouse and Pilotage Authority for the...
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The Life-Boat Stations of the United Kingdom
V.—MARGATE.
The Quiver, No. I.
This Life-boat is 34 feet long with 8 feet 3 inches beam, and pulls 10 oars.
A LIFE-BOAT Station was first formed at the town of Margate, under the...
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Tony Vandervell the First Glass Fibre Arun Represented the Rnli Lifeboat Fleet at Helsinki She Will Be Stationed at Weymouth and Is Already at Home In Portland Race Phot
Tony Vandervell, the first glass fibre Arun, represented the RNLI lifeboat fleet at Helsinki. She will be stationed at Weymouth and is already at home in Portland Race.. - View image in PDF
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Building Up to the Millennium
Lifeboats are often in the news, but their shore facilities receive much less of the limelight. In the first of series of articles on this hidden but significant aspect of the RNLI Shoreworks Manager Howard Richings takes a look at the...
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One Advantage of the Floating Boathouse Is Its Portability - Burnham's.
One advantage of the floating boathouse is its portability - Burnham's. seen here, was berthed by the station's lifeboat, and Brighton's has been moved to a new berth in the marina by towing alongside the Atlantic.. - View image in PDF
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A Launch of the Private Lifeboat Henry Ramey Upcher Near the End of Her Active Life
A Launch of the Private Lifeboat Henry Ramey Upcher Near The End of Her Active Life. - View image in PDF
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New Life-Boat Station In Scotland. Barra Island In the Southern Hebrides
Barra Island in the Southern Hebrides.
IN July the Committee of Management decided to establish a Motor Life-boat Station at Castlebay, on Barra Island, in the Southern Hebrides. There has been a Station at Stornoway in...
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