LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Above: Some of the 80 Guests Arriving
Above: Some of the 80 guests arriving for the gala performance of 'The Merry Widow' at Holland Park in Kensington on 27 June 2001.. - View image in PDF
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Resolutions at the Annual Meeting for 1852
AFTER the reading of the Annual REPORT and Balance Sheet the following Resolutions were carried unanimously :— Moved by Ca.pt. A. ELLICE, R.N., Comptroller-General of the Coast-Guard, and seconded by Colonel BLANSHARD, C.B., Commandant of...
Category: Meetings
The Press and Life-Boat Work
We would like to express the grateful thanks of the Institution to the following firms of publishers who have generously inserted the leaflet of the Institution in their Christmas issues or have given us a free advertisement in their pages...
Category: Correspondence
The Norwegian Galliot Johanna, of Soon
On the 8th March a vessel was observed running in for the land, and, as it was evident she was em- bayed, there being a heavy sea and strong wind from E.N.E., a steam-tug went out and took her in tow. While crossing the bar the tow-rope...
No. L26
At 5.15 A.M.
on the 16th July a message was re- ceived from the Coastguard stating that a steamer was ashore at Beachy Head. A moderate S.W. gale was blowing at the time, with a very heavy sea, and without delay the motor...
The Royal Tay Yacht Club Dundee
The Roval Tav Yacht Club Dundee wax the venue for the Bell's Charily Bottle smash in aid of the RNLI. The bottle, held bv David Bruce of Bell's Scotch Whisky, was smashed open bv Hugh Scott (second coxswain), watched by Stuart... - View image in PDF
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The Cutter-Rigged Yacht Lalla Rookh
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 9.41 on the 4th of April, 1953, the Wyke Regis coastguard rang up to say that a small yacht was in distress one and a half miles south-east of Portland Bill and was burning flares. At 9.55 the life- boat Milburn, on...
The Motor Speed Boat Flying Spray
SPEED BOAT WITH PROPELLER GONE Ramsgate, Kent.—At 3.45 in the afternoon of the 10th of July, 1947, the coastguard reported a small motor boat in difficulties one mile off Dumpton Gap and a man on board waving a flag.
The...
The One That Didn't Get Away
After opening the annual harbour fete organised by North Sunderland Ladies' guild Brendan Foster received a salmon from young Steven Shell, son of a crew member, and his wife was presented with a bouquet by Nikki Shiel, granddaughter of... - View image in PDF
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The New Lifeboat House A! Lyme Regis
The new lifeboat house a! Lyme Regis was designed from the outset to complement an area of great historical interest - but controversy still ensued... - View image in PDF
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