LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Duchess of Kent.
The Duchess of Kent, the new President of the Institution, was anxious to meet as many as possible of those who organise and carry on its work, and after the annual meeting on 8th. July a reception was held at the Savoy...
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List of Legacies Left to the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
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List of Legacies Paid to the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
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The Life-Belts In Use By the Crews of the Life-Boats of the Institution
The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life- belt 1. Sufficient extra-buoyancy to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support another person besides...
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SOUTH/MIDLANDS/EAST: Community news
West Bridgford
YOUNG FUNDRAISER RECOGNISED
Fourteen-year-old Luke Jenkins has been helping to save lives at sea for most of his life. As a baby,
his mother Aisling carried him in a sling on an...
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Mr. V. Frank Has Been Appointed Appeals Secretary of the R.N.L.I. Mr. Frank, Who Is Aged 46, Is Married and Lives In Chislehurst. He Has Wide and Varied Experience In the Commercial World at M
Mr. V. Frank Has Been Appointed Appeals Secretary of the R.N.L.I. Mr. Frank, Who Is Aged 46, Is Married and Lives In Chislehurst. He Has Wide and Varied Experience In The Commercial World at M. - View image in PDF
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Visitors
Visits by French, Dutch and Spanish delegations, on behalf of their respective lifeboat societies, took place in November and January.
The Netherlands delegation, headed by the Director of the North and South Holland...
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Progress and Loch Kanza Castle
New Brighton, and Hoylake, Cheshire.— On the 23rd November, 1938, the New Brighton No. 1 motor life-boat rescued the crew of three of the fishing boat Progress, of Hoylake, and the crew of four of the auxiliary schooner Loch Kanza Castle, of...
Margaret Ann, of North Shields
Again, oa the 8th December, the barque Margaret Ann, of North Shields, stranded off Swansea during a very heavy gale.
The Life-boat put off and remained near the vessel for some hours; the crew were ultimately taken off by...
Equestrian, of Port Gordon
On the morning of the 16th March the same large Life-boat went off, in reply to signals of distress shown by the ketch Equestrian, of Port Gordon, and found that she had five feet of water in her. It was blowing heavily at the time from the...