LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Boat
The following figures show the general form,, the nature of the fittings and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the general exterior form of the boat...
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Another Record
£528,726 was the highest income the Institution has ever had. Here is another record, the lowest. There has never been a post which has not brought contributions, but by the morning post on July 27th there was only one, a postal older...
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The Harvest Festival of Two Life-Boats
Two Life-boats, the Martha, of Cresswell, and the Edward and Eliza, of Holy Island, celebrated Harvest Festival by answering the call of vessels in distress. In both cases the crews were actually in church, and the Harvest Festival service...
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Welcoming the King
The Weymouth motor life-boat, among other vessels, greeting the King when he arrived at Weymouth on June 20th, 1938, on a visit to the fleet. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
RNLI Director Andrew Freemantle
RNLI director Andrew Freemantle presented a pewter lifeboat diorama to Admiral James Loy, Commandant of the US Coastguard, during a visit in September 2000. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Model Fleet
RNLI Chairman David Acland presented a detailed model of a Trent class lifeboat to William O'Neil, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation, during a recent visit.. - View image in PDF
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Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
SCARBOROUGH.—The Institution has sent a new 37 feet, twelve oared Life-boat •with transporting carriage to this well- known port and watering place, the cost having been provided by HERBERT A. FOSTER, Esq., of Queensbury Works, Bradford, and...
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A Noble Rescue
ON Friday night, the 23rd October, 1868, a Government lighter named the Devon, was making her way round the Land's End to a western port. She was strongly built, and a good sea-boat, and could well enough have weathered the hard gale...
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Alauda
WEYMOUTH, DORSET.—During rough weather, the wind blowing dead on shore with a heavy sea, on the 26th February a message was received from the Coastguard stating that a large foreign ship, which afterwards proved to be the Alauda, of Hamburg,...
The S.S. Glengoil
MARGATE.—Signals having been shown by the lightships, and by a vessel ashore on the Girdler Sand during a strong S.W.
wind and a moderate sea on the 3rd November, the Quiver, No. 1, Life-boat was launched at about 7.30 P.M....