LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Book Reviews
• Sir William Hillary, founder of the RNLI, was a man of considerable vision who always pursued his ideas relentlessly, though some of his schemes were not realised until after his death. He_ proposed the formation of an international...
Category: Articles
Recent Services: The Lizard and Stromness
LAST February was one of the stormiest Februaries on record. During the month there were over fifty launches on service, and nearly forty lives were saved. The two services, however, which most deserve to be recorded are two, both by Motor...
Category: Services
The Centenary: In Scotland
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Aberdeen held a Centenary Meeting on 23rd January, at which Lord Provost Meff presided, and the Marquess of Aber- deen and Temair, K.T., a Vice-President of the Institution,...
Category: Articles
Letters
The RNLI in Ireland Having been for more than 21 years honorary secretary of one of the busiest lifeboat stations in Ireland, I was naturally much interested by the fine article in the spring issue of THE LIFEBOAT by my friend Brian Clark,...
Category: Correspondence
The call of the sea
On 14 May 2007, yachtsman and powerboater Geoff Holt was leaving the Hamble river in Hampshire in his aptly named trimaran Freethinker. After months of planning, he had begun the public phase of climbing his ‘personal Everest’ – being the...
Category: Articles
The Wreck Register and Chart for the Year Ended the 30th June, 1907
THE Board of Trade have recently issued their most interesting and well- arranged Annual Blue Book, furnishing abstracts of the returns relative to the many shipping casualties which occurred on or near the coasts of the United Kingdom...
Category: Articles
Criticisms of Life-Boat Services
WHEN the character of the services performed by the life-boats, and the dangers and diffi- culties which they have to encounter, are taken into consideration, it is rather matter for astonishment that they do not frequently fail in effecting...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat Service Abroad
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THE Annual Report of the United States Life-Saving Service for the year ending 30th June, 1912, has been received, and we extract the following details.
Attention is drawn to the fact that...
Category: Articles
Central Appeals Committee
THE YEAR OF THE LIFEBOAT' continues to show excellent support for the various Central Appeals Committee's projects.
The Civic Heads Appeal has so far resulted in over 120 local authorities in England and Wales...
Category: Committee
Some Ways of Raising Money
Someone from the Vale of Glamorgan telephoned the Cardiff office to ask for a collecting box for her daughter's birthday party. She and her husband were worried by the fashion that expects bigger and bigger presents from guests invited...
Category: Donations