LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Memorandum on Salvage*
THE following memorandum has been prepared for guidance after consultation with underwriters. The memorandum deals only with the more salient aspects of salvage, and must not be regarded as an exhaustive submission on the law of salvage.<...
Category: Articles
Every Year Many Delegates from Overseas Are Welcomed at Rnli Headquarters Poole One Page from the Visitors' Book Covering Just Three Weeks In March 1979 Re
Every year many delegates from overseas are welcomed at RNLI headquarters, Poole. One page from the visitors' book, covering just three weeks in March, 1979, records signatures of 12 visitors from the USA, Chile, China and the United... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services of the Life-Boats In January, February and March. 52 Lives Rescued
JANUARY DURING January life-boats were launched on service 59 times and rescued 34 lives.
DOCTOR TAKEN TO LIGHTVESSEL Broughty Ferry, Angus. At 5.15 on the afternoon of the 1st January, 1962, the harbour master informed the...
Category: Services
From the Director
It is a relief to be writing my annual message for The Lifeboat as a welcome alternative to sending letters to the editors of the Sunday Telegraph and Private Eye! Many of you will have read the articles in those publications and will share...
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Draw Winner
Harry Wright has won The Royal Bank of Scotland prize draw for £2,000.. - View image in PDF
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Wreck of the 'Pomona'
Os the morning of the 30th April, 1859, one of the most disastrous wrecks on record occurred on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Channel, by which melancholy event no less than 385 persons perished.
The American clipper...
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British Geological Marine Survey Unit
Representatives of the British Geological Marine Survev Unit are seen presenting a cheque for £1,300 to Coxswain Peter Murray of the Anstrttther lifeboat. The monev is to go towards the Doctors Appeal and is one of many donations given... - View image in PDF
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Stakis Hotels
Enjoy The Best Show In Town with Stakis Hotels The 43rd London International Boat Show 9th- 18th January 1998 Come to London for the premier international marine leisure event this year, enjoy the sights, the Sales, the theatre and a great...
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Books
Books Never turn back: The RNLI since the Second World War By Ray and Susannah Kipling Published by Sutton ISBN 0750943076 Price: £19.99 hardback While the RNLI’s status as a lifesaving charity has remained firm, the Institution has...
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‘HER MAJESTY ENJOYED A VERY HAPPY DAY’
Our article on Her Majesty The Queen’s relationship with the RNLI stirred a few memories – here’s just one of them …
In 1992, whilst serving with the Thames Valley Police, I had...
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