LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Feathered friend
28 January: Littlehampton Crew Member Jon Maidment is pictured with ‘Sammy’ the swan. The crew found Sammy bleeding and in distress with fishing line lodged in his throat, picked him up (but not without some...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Empire Breeze (1)
MARCH 13TH - 15TH. - CRESSWELL, NORTHUMBERLAND. On the 5th February the S.S. Empire Breeze had stranded on the Bondicar Rocks, and the Amble lifeboat had rescued her crew. On the 13th March the Empire Breeze was refloated and taken in tow...
The Finnish Motor Vessel Johanna Thorden
Longhope, Orkneys, Wick, and Thurso, Caithness-shire.—Early on the morning of the 12th January the Finnish motor vessel Johanna Thorden strucka rock in the Pentland Firth. She had thirty-eight persons, including women and children, on board,...
The Finnish Motor Vessel Johanna Thorden (1)
Longhope, Orkneys, Wick, and Thurso, Caithness-shire.—Early on the morning of the 12th January the Finnish motor vessel Johanna Thorden strucka rock in the Pentland Firth. She had thirty-eight persons, including women and children, on board,...
The Song of the Life-Boat
When the tempest raves, and the angry waves Break crashing on the shore ; When the vessel cracks, and drops in her tracks, I face the ocean's roar.
I dance o'er the heaving surge and the foam, For the stormy sea is...
Category: Poetry
Emile Delmas
The Finest Service of 1928.
Silver Medal Awarded to the Coxswain at New Brighton.
THE Institution has awarded its Silver Medal to Coxswain George Robinson, of New Brighton, on the Mersey, and its Bronze...
The Steam Life-Boat "Duke of Northumberland"
THE STEAM'LIFE-BOAT "DUKE OF NOBTHUMBKKLAND.".
Category: Drawings
English Courtyard
Buitt to the highest specification and set in beautiful gardens, English Courtyard properties are designed for comfort in retirement, with spacious living rooms, fully-fitted kitchen, main bedroom with bathroom en suite, a private patio or...
Category: Advertisement
Services of Life-Boats
BUDEHAVEN, NORTH CORNWALL. —On the 9th of October last, the Margaret, a sloop belonging to Bideford, was observed to strike heavily on the Chapel-rock, off the entrance of Budehaven, and then to bound off into deep water, evidently with...
Category: Services