H.R.H. the Prince of Wales Present.
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, K.G., President of the Institution, was present at the Plaza Theatre, on 29th November, at a gala performance, in aid of the life- boat service, at which the...
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" So long as men shall continue to navigate the ocean, and the tempests shall hold their course over its surface, disasters by sea, shipwreck and peril to human life must inevitably take place." —SIR WILLIAM HILLARY,...
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In support of the Lord Mayor of Birmingham and BBC Pebble Mill lifeboat appeal, the BBC staged a Pebble Mill Dash last October; it was a competition to find who could arrive at the Birmingham TV studios by the most unusual means. The first... - View image in PDF
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Earl Howe, who died on 26th July, 1964, at the age of 80, was actively associated with the Royal National Life-boat Institution for 45 years. He first joined the Committee of Management in 1919 and was elected a Vice-President in...
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ALTHOUGH the progress of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild has not been as marked as we had hoped that it would be, nevertheless many Guilds have been formed, notably in the North of England and in the South-West of England; and wherever...
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THE Institution has again received her annual subscription from a lady in Dumfriesshire who is now in her 106th year. Three years ago she doubled her subscription, feeling that her next year's subscription was un- certain. She has again...
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The two Thames class lifeboats pictured together, possibly for the first time, at the Poole depot following their withdrawal as station lifeboats.
50-002, ex-lslay.
is to become a training... - View image in PDF
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Right - The ex-RNU lifeboat Ramsay Dyce.
ON 344, which served at Aberdeen, Lochinver and in Shetland, The vessel is maintained in the original colours of 1958 and, externally, is original. It is owned by Keith Oliver of... - View image in PDF
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JULY 8TH. - WALMER, KENT. The French naval trawler La Nantaise had been sunk in collision with the British steamer Helen Crest, but a tug rescued fourteen of her crew. The remaining eleven were lost.
- Rewards, £16...
Illustration from THE LIFEBOAT, February 1881, of the wreck of Indian Chief: Ramsgate lifeboat, Bradford, in tow of the tug Vulcan..
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