LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX.—On the morning of the 25th March, a strong breeze was blowing from N.E., the sea was moderate and the weather thick, with snow squalls. About 10 o'clock the coxswain of the Life-boat James Steveiis No. 9 received...

At 10.30 A.M. on the 20th | May the Coastguard reported that the i Cockle Lightvessel was firing warning ; guns. A little later the St. Nicholas i Lightvessel also fired, and it was decided to send out the Motor Life-boat...

Dover, Kent.—At 7.15 P.M. on the 14th May, 1938, a man reported that he had seen an aeroplane come down in the sea about six miles S.E. of South Foreland.

A gentle S.S.W. breeze wasblowing, with a calm sea. The motor...

Penlee, Cornwall. At 6.25 p.m. on 4th January, 1966, the Tol Pedn coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen 10 miles south of Tol Pedn. The life-boat Solomon Browne was launched at 6.38 on a moderate southerly...

Aldeburgh, Suffolk - At 9.10 p.m.

on 13th June, 1966, the coxswain was told that a yacht lying off Aldeburgh was being kept under observation. At 9.30 the yacht fired a distress signal. The lifeboat The Alfred and Patience...

MOTHER WAS ILL At 9.30 p.m. on 2nd June, 1964, the police told the honorary secretary that H.M.S. Malcolm was due to arrive off Scarborough at 10 p.m. and had to land a rating who needed to see his seriously ill mother. The high tide and...

At 4.24 p.m. on I2th August, 1966, a yacht was reported to have capsized about a mile and a half off Frinton-on-Sea. There was a moderate south westerly breeze with a corresponding sea. It was two hours after low water. The life-boat Edian...

KNIGHT of the Sea! though " Sir "-Itss thou be, Thy heart beats brave, and is strong to save From the deadly wave and the deep-sea grave.

Knight of the Sea! true son of the free! The storm thou'lt dare when...