Contents Volume XLI1I Number 448 Chairman: COMMANDER F. R. H. SWANN, CBE, RNVR Director and Secretary: CAPTAIN NIGEL DIXON, RN THE YEAR OF THE LIFEBOAT 1824-1974 Lives Saved: 98,523 Notes of the Quarter by the Editor Service of Thanksgiving and Dedication 1824-1974, St Paul's Cathedral Northern Ireland Lifeboat Services Trials for Two Plymouth's Lifeboats 1803-1974 by Jeff Moiris Family Tree Memories of International Conferences by Patrick Howarth RNLI Lifeboats, Past and Present, on show at 'Lifeboat International' Plymouth Looking Back, by Lt Commander Harold H. Harvey, VRD, RNR American Coastal Lifeboat Development: an English Contribution by William D. Wilkinson RNLI 150th Anniversary Souvenirs Book Reviews Letters Some Ways of Raising Money Central Appeals Committee Shoreline Section The Modern Lifeboat Exhibition Lifeboat Launches ILB Launches 157 159 159 160 166 168 170 172 174 176 178 179 180 182 183 187 187 187 189 190.