LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Services of the Life-Boats
Ranugate, Kent.—During a strong S.S.W. gale on the 17th February the fishing-vessel Iris of Lowestoft, carrying a crew of three hands, stranded in Pegwell Bay. Information that the vessel was in danger reached Ramsgate at 11.45 A.M., and the...
Category: Services
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 9th January, 1896.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., Y.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
Category: Committee
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution
SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.—The Life-boat Duncan was launched from this station at 6 A.M. on the 10th October last, and rescued 2 men from a perilous position on board the fishing smack Gleaner. A sudden storm had compelled a number of fishing...
Category: Services
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 10th April, 1913.
The Rt. Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., V.P., in the Chair.
The Committee expressed deep regret at the death of Admiral J. HALLIDAY CAVE, G.B., V.P., who had been a member of...
Category: Committee
Other Inaugural Ceremonies
Hythe, Rcsslare Harbour, Berwick-on-Tweed, St. Mary's, Campbeltown and TroonBESIDES the four Inaugural Ceremonies, already described, in which members of the Royal Family took part, five Ceremonies of new Motor Life-boats have been held...
Category: Inaugurations
Management of Boats In a Surf and Broken Water. Second Article
IN our last Number we published some remarks on the management of boats in a surf and broken water, embodying the substance of inquiries made on various parts of the coasts of the United Kingdom, together with our own comments on the same...
Category: Articles
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 5th May, 1881.
THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., P.E.S., V.P., Chairman of the Institution, in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous meeting, and those of the Finance and Corre-...
Category: Committee
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
PALLING, NORFOLK. — On the 6th January, 1898, the coxswain of the Life-boat Hearts of Oak was informed that flares had been shown in the direc- tion of the Middle Happisburgh Sand.
The crew of the Life-boat were at once...
Category: Services
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
.Friday, 5th July, 1918.
The Rt. Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., V.P., in the Chair.
Bead and confirmed the minutes of the previous meetings.
Also read and confirmed the minutes of the...
Category: Committee
Excel (1)
On 28th to 29th October, the night following the service of the St. Mary's Life-boat, the gales reached their worst, striking with special violence on the coast of North Wales and Lancashire.
That night nine Life-boats...