LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

On the 27th October, 1867, during a strong gale of wind, the Florence life-boat put off, in reply to signals of distress from the smack Queen Victoria, of Brixham, which was dismasted off St. Govin's Head, and, with the assist- ance of a...

On the 26th May, the Gertrude life-boat on this station put off, and succeeded in rescuing the whole of the crew of 36 men, belonging to the ship Blanche Moore, of Liverpool, which was totally wrecked during a strong wind and squally weather...

Dunmore East, Co. Waterford.—At 10.45 on the night of the 7th of April, 1953, a wireless message was received stating that a passenger in the S.S. Cor- rientes, of Glasgow, was seriously ill with a perforated stomach ulcer andasking if the...

On the 8th May the schooner Handy, of Wexford, was stranded in the South Bay during a strong N.E. gale and in a very heavy sea. The Civil Service life-boat went off and rescued 4 men of the vessel's crew. Owing to the violence of the sea...

During a strong gale from the N.N.E., and in a heavy sea, on the 21st February, two i vessels were at anchor in this roadstead.

One of them was labouring very heavily; ' and at last she exhibited a signal of dis...

AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall, on Wednesday, the 12th day of March, 1902, The Eight Hon. The EARL OF SELBORNE, P.O., First Lord of the...

Ron Parris f / j and Joe Salmon at work in the rigging loft on the RNLI stand: Ron weaves together the bow pudding while Joe helps one of the many interested visitors, first explaining the best knot to use in a given situation, then how to... - View image in PDF

Many of the launches of life-boats have been to the help of airmen.

When the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston life-boat had been out to the rescue of a Hurricane fighter which had come down in the sea, the pilot's squadron...