LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Life-Saving Apparatus at Sea
The following is the text of the report of the committee appointed by the Board of Trade to consider the question of boats, rafts, and life-saving apparatus carried by sea-going merchant ships: — " Liverpool, 25 October,...
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New Maiden In South London
You would have to have exceptional hearing to claim that New Maiden in South London was within the sound of Bow Bells, but this did not deter Alice Hodgkin (r), catering manager of Spillers Foods, New Maiden from organising a Cockney evening... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Welcoming the King
The Weymouth motor life-boat, among other vessels, greeting the King when he arrived at Weymouth on June 20th, 1938, on a visit to the fleet. - View image in PDF
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RNLI Director Andrew Freemantle
RNLI director Andrew Freemantle presented a pewter lifeboat diorama to Admiral James Loy, Commandant of the US Coastguard, during a visit in September 2000. - View image in PDF
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Model Fleet
RNLI Chairman David Acland presented a detailed model of a Trent class lifeboat to William O'Neil, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation, during a recent visit.. - View image in PDF
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(Left) Watson:
(left) Watson: length overall 46ft 9in; beam 12ft 9in; draught 4ft 4in; displacement 23 tons; maximum speed, over 8 knots; range at full speed, 200 nautical miles. The 46ft 9in Watson, introduced in 1947, launches down a slipway or lies... - View image in PDF
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The Sunderland Life-Boat Platform. By A. W. Lewis, The Consulting Engineer of the Institution
Ix common with Their Majesties the King and Queen, and other members of the Royal Family, H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught has always been a warm sympathiser with the work of the Institution, and, in the midst of many national duties, he has...
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Services of the Life-Boats of the Institution During 1938
Persons rescued from shipwreck.
Fishing cobles of Filey. Filey pulling and sailing life-boat escorted cobles into safety.
Sailing barge Melissa, of London. Ramsgate motor life-boat saved barge a n d...
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Yachting & Boating
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Stephanie Jane
Four saved from MFV among rocks in hurricane-force gustsCoxswain David Chant of the St Davids lifeboat, Dyfed, has been awarded the Institution's Bronze medal for bravery following the rescue of four fishermen in severe gales on 26...