LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Help the Helpless!
MIGHTY waves! see how they're raging! How the heavens are rent in twain! Hear the shrieks from yonder vessel! Think you, are the cries in vain ? Launch the Lite-boat! Launch the Life-boat! Echo cries, There's none at hand ! Naught to...
Category: Poetry
The S.S. Mona
At 11.40 P.M. on the 26th December a message was received reporting that the Nore Light-vessel was firing signals of distress.
The Life-boat James Stevens No. 9 was launched without loss of time, and in the neighbourhood of...
Lifeboat Services
East Division Among sandbanks AT 1621 on Sunday March 31, 1985, a coastguard auxiliary from Brancaster reported to his Great Yarmouth coordination centre that he had a board sailor in sight who was in trouble. He was lying on his board,...
Category: Services
John Pearson, Crew Member of Whitby's All Weather and Inshore Lifeboats Since 1987.
John Pearson, crew member of Whitby's all weather and inshore lifeboats since 1987.
John was awarded a Bronze medal in 1993 in recognition of his high standard of seam a n s h i p , boathandling skills and bravery when... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Invitation Only'
Invitation only.' By kind invitation of the crew, members of the Weymouth ladies' guild enjoyed a trip on the Weymouth lifeboat while she was on an exercise. The trip was intended as a token of thanks from the crew for all the hard... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Above) Two of a Set of Six Gaelic Coffee Glasses (Or Wine Glasses) Made By Cavan Crystal Ltd Each Glass Carries a Different Decoration: the Rnli House Flag Crest A
(Above) Two of a set of six Gaelic coffee glasses (or wine glasses), made by Cavan Crystal Ltd. Each glass carries a different decoration: the RNLI house flag, crest, an ILB, 44' Waveney lifeboat and two... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Harcola
JUNE 6TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 11.53 A.M. a message was received from the Ramsgate coastguard that a vessel was on fire in the Gull Stream abreast of the coastguard station. A light north - east breeze was blowing, with a slight sea. At noon...
Annual Meeting
THE Hundred and Sixth Annual General Meeting of the Governors of the Institu- tion was held at the Caxton Hall, West- minster, on Monday, 7th April, at 3 p.m.
The feature of the meeting was the presence of Coxswains from...
Category: Meetings
On Passage to St. Abbs
The new St. Abbs 37-foot Oakley life-boat, Jane Hay, sailed from Osborne's yard, Littlehampton, at 8 a.m. on 3ist October, 1964. Captain the Hon. V. M.
Wyndham-Quin, R.N., Chairman of the Committee of Management, was...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Albionic
On the afternoon of the 17th October Lloyd's agent reported to the life-boat station that the s.s. Albionic, of Hull, bound from Murmansk for Sharpness with a cargo of timber, was anchored in Broad Bay, about seventeen miles from...