LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ivylea
Aith, Shetlands.—On the morning of the 5th of November, 1954, a man at East Burrafirth saw that a fishing boat had broken down in the Rona and asked the driver of a car to tell the life-boat station. The motorist de- livered the message at 9...
Sadler Yachts
The award-winning British 34-footer." Sadler 34. The Sadler 34 is a rather special performance cruiser.
For one thing, she's British through and through.
For another, she's quite unsinkable. A...
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Knight of the Sea
KNIGHT of the Sea! though " Sir "-Itss thou be, Thy heart beats brave, and is strong to save From the deadly wave and the deep-sea grave.
Knight of the Sea! true son of the free! The storm thou'lt dare when...
Category: Poetry
Wreck of the S.S. "Stanley," Off Tynemouth, and Services of the "Constance" Life-Boat
On Thursday night, the 24th Nov. last, the coast of Northumberland was visited by one of the most fearful storms that have been felt there for many years past, accompanied by one of the heaviest seas remembered —indeed, the heaviest sea that...
Category: Services
April
APRIL Launches 77. Lives rescued 131.
APRIL 1ST. - TORBAY, DEVON. At 11.53 P.M. on 31st March, a message was received from the resident naval officer at Brixham that a boat from H.M.S. Pomerol with men on board was adrift...
Category: Services
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 6th January, 1870: THOMAS CHAP- MAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Corre- spondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-Com-...
Category: Committee
Thoughts on the Art of Street Collecting By Clive Porter Second Coxswain Teesmouth Life-Boat
THERE is an art in most things, and carrying a collecting tin for the R.N.L.I.
can be of great interest. Nothing could be more absorbing than spending a day in the street persuading the public that our cause is worth...
Category: Articles
From the Director
Brian Miles CBE looks back on an eventful 1995 1995 proved to be yet another busy and eventful twelve months for everyone involved with the RNLI.
A highlight had to be the 17th Conference of the International Lifeboat...
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Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
Thursday, 2nd September, 1858. Captain LAMBERT PERROTT, in the Chair.
. Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward...
Category: Committee
Sir William Hillary's Tomb
A SERVICE of commemoration and re- dedication to mark the restoration of the tomb of the founder of the life-boat Institution, Sir William Hillary, was held at St. George's Parish Church in Douglas, Isle of Man, on 17th...
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