LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Foreign Life-Boat Services. Rescues from British Vessels In 1936, and Numbers of the Fleets
DUEING 1936 help was given by foreign life-boat services to 45 British vessels.
Three of these services were by Belgium, 1 by Germany, 2 by Holland, 3 by Iceland, 1 by Sweden, and 35 by the United...
Category: Services
An Aeroplane (2)
Port St. Mary, Port Erin, Douglas, and Peel, Isle of Man.—At about 10.15 on the night of the 10th of June, 1948, the Ramsey coastguard telephoned the Port St. Mary, Port Erin, and Douglas life- boat stations that an aeroplane, with eight...
Great Rail Journeys
Winter Glacier Express BY TRAIN FROM LONDON Travel with the UK's leading rail holiday specialists on this sensational 10-day two-centre holiday to Switzerland. A friendly and professional Tour Manager accompanies all departures so sit...
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Local lifesavers for Scilly
RNLI lifeguards spent a week on the Isles of Scilly in September, training a group of locals in surf lifesaving.
The group of 12 can now provide safety cover at the sea-based events that are at the heart of Scillonian life...
Category: Articles
The Royal Commission on the Loss of Life at Sea
THE " First Report" of this Royal Commission shows clearly the necessity for its appointment, for it contains authoritative evidence of an alarming waste of both life and property in the greatest source of the country's wealth...
Category: Articles
Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting for 1856
Moved by WILLIAM COTTON, Esq., F.R.S., late Governor of the Bank of England, and seconded by Rear-Admiral C. R. DRINKWATER BETHUNE, C.B.
1. That the Report now read be adopted and circulated.
Moved by...
Category: Meetings
Resolutions Passed at the Annual General Meeting for 1896
CAPTAIN His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF YORK, B.N., K.G., IN THE CHAIR.
Moved by Capt. H.R.H. The DUKE OF YORK, E.N., KG.
Seconded by His Grace The DUKE OF NORFOLK, KG., Postmaster- General.
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Category: Meetings
ART OF GLASS
Our cover photo and the images in our piece about Shetland life were made by Jack Lowe using a Victorian process called wet plate collodion
Jack plans to visit all 237 RNLI crews as part of the Lifeboat Station Project,...
Category: Articles
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 2nd April, 1914.
The rt. Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., V.P., was unanimously elected Chairman, and Sir JOHN CAMERON LAMB, C.B., C.M.G., V.P., Deputy Chairman, of the Committee of Management of the Institution...
Category: Committee