LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Story of a Coxswain
WRITTEN with a charm and delicacy comparable to that of Paul Gallico, The Morlo by L. A. Knight (John Murray, 12s. 6d.) is the delightful tale of Davy Tregaren, a life-boat coxswain, who is also a naturalist and farmer, and his affinity with...
Category: Articles
Self Righting Explained By Stuart Welford
WHAT ARE THE FORCES WHICH, WHEN HARNESSED, WILL MAKE A BOAT RIGHT HERSELF? by Stuart Welford, MiMechE MRINA Research and Development Officer, RNLITHE RNLI FLEET has included selfrighting lifeboats for well over one hundred years—since 1851...
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The Saint
LYNMOUTH, NORTH DEVON.—A schooner, The Saint, of Euncorn, bound from France for Portmadoc with hay, straw, and ballast, having been dismasted off The Smalls in a N.W. gale on the 5th January, was taken in tow by a large steamer; but on the...
Aires
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At 1.35 on the afternoon of the 4th of October, 1959, the police informed the honorary secretary that a small boat was in diffi- culties about three miles off Penmaen- mawr. The life-boat Annie Ronald and Isabella...
Brooks & Bentley
The enchanting poem 'Footprints' has touched many lives with its tender and simple message of hope. Evoking a powerful image of Cod carrying us through times of trouble, this deeply moving passage has inspired the master goldsmiths...
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Some Ways of Raising Money
In December last, the Viscountess Hawarden was chairman of the Central London Women's Committee 150th anniversary Lifeboat and Mermaid Ball at the Dorchester Hotel. The event was graced by the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Kent and...
Category: Donations
Touching distance
A severed finger, no engine, rough seas: that was the harsh reality a yacht skipper faced off the Devon coast at the end of April. So how would he reach hospital?
‘All we knew when we launched...
Category: Articles
Station upgrades
Further to our previous coverage of RNLI shoreworks, we can report that the charity is wrapping up its appeal to fund a new boathouse at Exmouth, Devon, now that it has reached its target.
Exmouth’s facilities are much in...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Batoum
Aldeburgh and Southwold, Suffolk.— At about 8 A.M. on the 18th July, an explosion was observed on a large steamer abreast of Southwold, and it was reported that she had been tor- pedoed. As some of the crew were observed leaving the...
Progress (3)
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 4.45 on the afternoon of the 13th of December, 1955, the no. 1 life-boat second cox- swain reported that the local fishing boat Progress, which had a crew of five, had not returned from the fishing grounds to the...