Royal National Lifeboat Institution Contents Volume 54 Number 534 Chairman: SIR MICHAEL VERNON Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES CBE RD FNI RNR Editor: MIKE FLOYD Editorial Assistant: JON JONES Advertisement Manager: JOHN FARNHILL Classified Advertisements: MARION BARDSLEY Headquarters: Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

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Registered Charity No. 209603 RNLI News 78 What's happening in and around the Institution From the Director 8O The RNLI's Director, Lt Cdr Brian Miles CBE looks back on an eventful 1995 Lifeboat Services 81 Including Medal and Vellum award services...

Ceremonies 86 Lifeboats and boathouses named and opened Your Letters 91 Your views on all aspects of lifeboats and related subjects Bookshelf 94 Some recent publications reviewed Past and Present 95 From THE LIFEBOAT of 1896 and one of today's life-boatmen High Seas... 96 The first of a series of looks at lifeboat stations from an unusual angle - the air Lifeboat Services 98 June and Julyl995 Membership News 102 for Shoreline, Governors and Storm Force members The Fundraisers 103 How some of the money is raised People and Places 111 Around and about the RNLI.