LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Property Salvage Services Rendered By Life-Boat Crews
Committee, forthwith approached the Board of Trade with a view to the holding of the proposed Conference. In due course the Board of Trade called together the Conference at which the Committee of Management of the Institution, the Com-...
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The Long Tow
WHEN THE new Gorleston 44-foot steel life-boat Khami on 5th September, 1967» went to the aid of the m.v. Aureity, whose steering gear had broken down, no one knew then that the life-boat would end up by towing the auxiliary cutter...
Category: Services
On the Connection Between the Recent Gales of Wind and the Reading of the Barometer
By JAMES GLAISHER, Esq., F.R.S.
THE variations in the readings of the barometer at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich which are delineated in the annexed diagram include a period of forty days, or from 27th October to 5th...
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The Best Essay
and girls 152. The prize for the best essay has now been won nine times by girls and seven times by boys (a boy and a girl tying for it in 1933).
The Awards.
Alice Chambers will receive a copy of...
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Casamance
FEBRUARY 17TH. - HARTLEPOOL, AND SEAHAM, DURHAM, AND REDCAR, AND WHITBY, YORKSHIRE. Shortly after midnight a message came to the Hartlepool honorary secretary’s house from the coastguard that the life-boat was wanted. The honorary secretary...
International Boat Show By Ray Kipling Deputy Public Relations Officer Rnli
Earls Court, London, January 6 to 16 A SHOP WINDOW FOR THE WORK OF THE RNLIA YEAR OF NATIONAL CELEBRATION for the 25 years of Her Majesty The Queen's reign began for lifeboat supporters in January at the 1977 International Boat Show in...
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Free and fun: Swim Safe is back
Sign them up for an hour.
Keep them safe all summer long.
Outdoor swimming and water safety sessions for children aged 7–14 – with Swim England and the RNLI.
These hour-long sessions, run by qualified...
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New Lifeguard Towers Being Installed This Summer (pictured)
For the RNLI, going ‘green’ is not about fl aunting ecoworthiness.
There are sound economic and common-sense principles behind the trial of the PowerEd, a combination mini wind turbine, solar panel and weather sensor... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Celebrate!
In May we recognised our volunteers', supporters' and fundraisers' outstanding achievements at our Annual Presentation of Awards
HRH The Duke of Gloucester was the RNLI Guest of...
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Home Base
Lifeboats less then 10 metres long (C and D class inflatables and 21 ft Atlantic rigid inflatables) now carry out more than 55 per cent of all the RNLI's service calls, and with more than 135 boats of these classes now on station, and a...
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