Lifeboats Royal National Lifeboat Institution Contents Volume 54 Number 536 Chairman: SIR MICHAEL VERNON Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES CUE RD FNI RNR Editor: MIKE FLOYD Editorial Assistant: JON JONES Advertisement Manager: JOHN FARNHILL Classified Advertisements: MARION BARDSLEY Headquarters: Royal National Lifeboat Institution, West Quay Road.

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Registered Charity No. 209603 RNLI News What's happening in and around the Institution The Annual Meetings The Institution's AGM and Presentation of Awards for 1996 Lifeboat Services Including two Vellum award services Membership News New rates for Shoreline, Governors and Storm Force members Ceremonies New lifeboats named High Seas...

More lifeboat stations from the air Your Letters Your views on all aspects of lifeboats and related subjects Past and Present From THE LIFEBOAT of 1921 and one of today's lifeboatmen Life On The Open Road How inshore lifeboats and their spares reach the coast Bookshelf Lifeboat books reviewed History Brought to Life The National collection of lifeboats opens at Chatham Lifeboat Services November and December 1995 and January and February 1996 The Fundraisers How some of the money is raised People and Places Around and about the RNLI 158 16O 162 170 171 172 175 176 178 180 181 185 190 200.