LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

'A one-eyed, cantankerous and troublesome fellow'1: thus, leaning back in his chair, pipe in hand and smiling happily, does John Chapman describe himself.

But the smile belies the words, for it is the smile of a man...

THE eighty-ninth Annual General Meeting of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION was held in the Whitehall Rooms on Wednesday, April 16th, 1913, at 3 P.M. The Right Hon.

the Lord Mersey, P.O., presided, and amongst...

A FEW days after the British Isles have been visited by one of the most destructive storms on record, it may not be inappro- priate to call attention to the last issue of the Wreck Register. Its pages clearly show that, along with the...

" WHAT is the Naval Reserve?" This is a question which was very frequently asked during the early part of the month of May of the present year; and, certainly, until the daily papers undertook the task of en- lightenment, the...

Required to be used and displayed on and after the 1st November, 1873, in accordance with the ISth section of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1873, if a vessel requires the services of a Pilot.

"In the Day-time.—The...

CHESHIRE.

Century Life-boat Days were held at Crewe, Hollingworth, Nantwich, Sand- bach and Whaley Bridge.

Poynton had a House-to-House Col- lection.

Congleton had a Garden...

AFTER the valuable work done by Lukin in 1807, in initiating the Norfolk and Suffolk type of Life-boat, there appears to have been a considerable period before any new type found a place on the coast. No doubt small variations from the...

THE 41-feet Watson motor life-boat is intended for those stations where a powerful life-boat, of the stable type, is needed, but where the conditions of service make it impossible or unneces- sary to place the 51-feet Barnett (Stromness) or...