LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Chief Rabbi's Appeal for the Life-Boat Service
THE Institution has received a personal letter from the Very Rev. the Chief Rabbi, Dr. J. H. Hertz, Ph.D., ex- pressing the hope that the Jews of Great Britain will respond generously to the appeal of the life-boat service.
Category: Correspondence
The Underwater Shape of the Tyne Class Hull Is Well Illustrated During a Capsize Trial Note the Soft Round Bilges Deep Fine Bow and the Propellers Recessed Into Shallow
The underwater shape of the Tyne class hull is well illustrated during a capsize trial. Note the soft, round bilges, deep, fine bow and the propellers recessed into shallow tunnels and protected by long skegs.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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
Category: Photographs
Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting for 1894
His GRACE THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER, E.G., IN THE CHAIR.
Moved by His Grace The DUKE OF WESTMINSTER, KG.
Seconded by The Eight Hon.
The EARL SPENCER, E.G., First Lord of the...
Category: Meetings
The German Ship Teneriffe
Shorehani Harbour, Sussex - At 4.30 p.m. on I3th August, 1967, thecoastguard informed the honorary secretary that the German ship Teneriffe wished to land a sick passenger at Shoreham, but she was too large to enter the harbour. The...
The Union Castle Line Steamer Rothesay Castle
JANUARY 5TH. - PORT ASKAIG, ARGYLLSHIRE. At 12.50 A.M. news was received through the coastguard that an S.O.S. had been sent out by the Union Castle Line steamer Rothesay Castle. She was a vessel of over 7,000 tons and bound from New York to...
New Ways of Raising Money
'Just Men' was the title of a long poem written by Mr. Anthony S. Burry, of Wickmead Close, Southend, in honour of the Moelfre life-boat and sold in booklet form by the Moelfre branch on their flag day on 28th August, 1967. The poem,...
Category: Donations
The S.S. Indian Exporter
Hartlepool, Durham.—At 1.20 early on the morning of the 16th of May, 1953, the Teesmouth life-boat station telephoned to say that the S.S. Indian Exporter, of Calcutta, had asked for a boat to land a sick seaman. The Teesmouth life-boat was...
Mr. C. J. Temple-Lynes, J.P., Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of the Blakeney Branch
BY the death last November, at the age of 83, of Mr. C. J. Temple-Lynes, Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of the Life-boat Station which the Institu- tion has maintained at Blakeney, Norfolk, since 1862, the Institution has lost a valued...
Category: Obituaries
The Minesweeper Cape Comorin (1)
DEC. 11TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
Members of a salvage party on board the wrecked minesweeper Cape Comorin had been injured, but seas breaking over the vessel made it impossible for the life-boat to take them off and they...