LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
New Inventions. Wooden Cone Shot to Life Apparatus
A VALUABLE addition has recently been made to MANBY'S Mortar Life-Apparatus, by the ingenuity of Captain K. B. MARTIN, the well-known Harbour-Master of Rams- gate. That apparatus having been supplied by the Commissioners of Ramsgate...
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Annual Report. 1894
At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION, held at St. Martin's Town. Hall, Charing Cross Road, on Saturday, the 21st day of April, 1894, His GRACE THE DUKE or WESTMINSTER, K.G., in the Chair, the...
Category: Annual Reports
The Fundraisers
In Brief TO MARK his 50th birthday, Vincent Magrath of Tarn worth asked that instead of presents his fellow Rotarians and friends give their money to the RNLI. Chairman of Tamworth ladies' guild, Marion Appleby- Matthews, was invited to...
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At the Limits
Each year's Annual Presentation of Awards provides an opportunity for an informal discussion on some of the medal services, the lifeboats involved and other aspects of lifeboat work. The day after the presentation of the medals in London...
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Award of Medals, Gratuities, Etc
THE following is a list of the cases in which the ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIP- WRECK have voted Honorary or Pecuniary Rewards, to persons who have been instru- mental in saving lives during the year 1852...
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Hrh the Duke of Kent President of the Rnli and Hrh the Duchess of Kent Arriving at St.Paul's Cathedral on March 4 1974 to Attend the Service of Thanksgiving An
HRH The Duke of Kent, President of the RNLI, and HRH The Duchess of Kent arriving at St Paul's Cathedral on March 4, 1974, to attend the service of thanksgiving and dedication on the occasion of the ISOth anniversary of the Royal... - View image in PDF
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Mr. A. W. Hawkes, the Author of This Article, Pictured In His Workshop at Waldringfleld, Suffolk. No Matter What Is Afoot—Agricultural Shows, Flag Days and So On—Mr. Hawkes Can Be Relied Upon T
Mr. A. W. Hawkes, the author of this article, pictured in his workshop at Waldringfleld, Suffolk. No matter what is afoot—agricultural shows, flag days and so on—Mr. Hawkes can be relied upon to go almost anywhere and to tackle almost any... - View image in PDF
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Members of 117 Field Support Squadron RE at Work on the Track at Kirkcudbright Scotland Which Leads to the Life-Boat Station and (Below) the Finished Track Which Took T
Members of 117 Field Support Squadron, R.E., at work on the track at Kirkcudbright, Scotland, which leads to the life-boat station and (below) the finished track which took the squadron from 1st to 13th July, 1963, to... - View image in PDF
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The Position of the Life-Boat House and Slip at St. Abbs Is Such That the Life-Boat Has to Be Launched With More Than the Usual Amount of Care
The position of the life-boat house and slip at St. Abbs is such that the life-boat has to be launched with more than the usual amount of care. This is because fishing boats, driving in in a storm, might be damaged on the slip if it pointed... - View image in PDF
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(Above) at Penlee Autumn Fay Re Nick and Sue Leslie Twin Daughters of Dr D W L Leslie Chairman of the Branch Kept Up a Brisk Trade In Shoreline Membership An
(Above) At Penlee autumn fay re, Nick and Sue Leslie, twin daughters of Dr D. W. L. Leslie, chairman of the branch, kept up a brisk trade in Shoreline membership and raffle tickets. Dr Leslie gives up all his spare time to the RNLI and his... - View image in PDF
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