LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

WE have pleasure in introducing to our readers the following extracts from a beautiful poem entitled " The Wreck of the Homeward-Bound," by the well-known Author of " Ruins of Many Lands," " Pleasure,"...

CHRISTMAS was a busy time for the life-boat service. On Christmas Eve the motor life-boats at St. Abbs (Ber- wickshire), Blyth (Northumberland), Sunderland (Durham) and Falmouth (Cornwall) were all launched on service, and the motor...

Dr Peter Davy of Hastings, who was awarded a silver medal for his service to injured seamen aboard the Argentinian warship Candida de Lasala on December 23, 1974, has been presented with a gold medal by the Argentinian Navy. He was also...

ON 3rd November, 1910, the following notice appeared in the Press :— With a view to economy and to unity of effort and control, the work of collecting money for the Royal National Life-boat Insti- tution hitherto done in certain directions...

For all that a century and a quarter has passed since Grace Darling and her father attained fame, over the years their story has attracted the interest of a succession of authors. Save for two early works, which were almost blatantly fiction...

FORMBY, LANCASHIRE.—At 8.25 on the morning of the 2nd January, a message was received from the Formby Light-vessel, stating that a steamer appeared to be aground on Taylor's Bank, and later the information was...

In addition to the services by life-boats which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded in full on pages 575, 586, 590, the following launches on service were made during the months September to November, 1968, inclusive: Aith,...

Kirkwall, capital of Orkney and its Mainland island, lies upon a busy harbour in which there is a constant coming and going of fishing boats, ferries and other seagoing traffic.

Kirkwall station opened in 1972 following... - View image in PDF