LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Motor Life-Boats of the Institution. No. 5.—The 35 Feet 6 Inches Liverpool Type
As described in the article in the last issue of The Life-boat on the 35 feet 6' inches self-righting type of motor life-boat, the Institution was engaged from 1921 to 1929 in experiments on a motor life-boat which should be suffi-...
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Our courageous community
It was the last Annual General Meeting for our Chairman, but the event was also a day of firsts as RNLI supporters and staff came together at a new venue
On 19 May, after 12 years at the Barbican in London, the AGM came...
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Some Special Gifts
H.M. THE KING and ELM. The Queen both seat special gifts in November last to show their interest in the pro- gress of the Motor Life-boat Scheme.
* * * * The 1st Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders have sent...
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Friends of the RNLI
These corporate partners offer discounts to you and fundraising benefits for our charity
Coastal Spring
Look out for the Coastal Spring range of Cornish bottled water in your local shops, bars and restaurants....
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Young Sam
At about noon on the 7th December the coastguard re- ported that the Cockle Lightvessel was firing signals to indicate that a vessel was in distress. A light W.S.W. breeze was blowing, and the sea was fairly smooth, but there was a dense fog...
People and Places
RNLI lottery 'You need hands' was the watchword on the day Max Bygraves drew the winning tickets for the 34th national lottery on July 31, 1986. Mr Bygraves, who was appearing in a summer show at the Poole Arts Centre, kept the...
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A Sailing Dinghy (1)
Dinghy and canoe A SAILING DINGHY with two boys on board capsized in a fresh south westerly breeze, force 5, about three miles west north west of Redcar lifeboat station on Saturday May 22. The D class lifeboat launched at 1612 manned by...
The Imperial Japanese Life-Boat Institution
WE have received from the Japanese Life-boat Institution copies of its Annual Report for 1925, and of its Journal for 1925 and 1926. We shouldbe very glad, at any time, to lend these very interesting books to any Life-boat workers or...
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Christmas Cards and Calendars
THE Institution will again have a Christmas card and a pocket calendar for sale. The card will be a reproduction in colour of the picture on page 98.
It is a photograph of the Aberystwyth life-boat launching in a gale, and...
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