LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Annual Report
AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the Mansion House, by the kind permission of the Eight Honourable The LORD MAYOR of London, on Tuesday the 11th day of May, 1875, His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE...
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Fac-Simile Reproduction of the Prince of Wales's Life-Boat Centenary Appeal
St JAMES'S PALACE S.W There is not a country with a seaboard whose vessels and seafarers have not, at some time during the past century, been rescued from shipwreck by the British Life-Boat Service I would appeal to all, to...
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During His Years As President of the RNLI the Prince of Wales Named Three Life-Boats the First Being at Yarmouth Isle of Wight'
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'During his years as President of the R.N.L.I., the Prince of Wales named three life-boats, the first being at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.'. - View image in PDF
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The Sailing Boat Mary Anne
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At about 9.20 P.M. on the 6th September it was reported that a boy and a girl had left Lymington for Yarmouth some hours earlier in the sailing boat Mary Anne, but had not arrived. The honorary secretary, Captain A....
The Annual Meeting In 1930
In front of the table. Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, with Coxswain Harry Griggs, jun,, of Hythe, and Coxswain Douglas Oilier, of Dungeness. Behind the table, left to right. Sir Godfrey Baring, Mr, George F. Shee.
and the Danish... - View image in PDF
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The Motor Crabber Channel Pride
Torbay, Devon.—On the 9th December, 1938, the crew of two of the motorcrabber Channel Pride, of Dartmouth, were rescued.—Rewards: Silver medal, vellums and monetary awards amounting to £26 13s.
(For a full account of...
The Barges Esterel and Vampa
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—14th October, 1939. After rescuing three lives from the barge Esterel, of London, the life-boat went out to the barge Vampa, of London, but her crew were drowned.—Rewards, £10 16s..
Freddie Bell-Scott Mbe,
Freddie Bell-Scott MBE, president of the Birmingham branch. Freddie joined the branch in 1957 and was involved with the appeal for the lifeboat, City of BirminghamBirmingham which was launched in 1970. He was chairman from 1974 to 1978,...
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A Team of 24 Students from the City and Guild's College Union of Imperial College London
A team of 24 students from the City and Guild's College Union of Imperial College, London, set out on July 10 to try to set a record for pedalling non stop 3,675 miles round the coast of Britain; they arrived back in London within a few... - View image in PDF
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A Sick Seaman Being Taken Ashore from the Walton and Frinton Reserve Life-Boat at Harwich on 5th September, 1967
A sick seaman being taken ashore from the Walton and Frinton reserve lifeboat at Harwich on 5th September, 1967.. - View image in PDF
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