LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Two sponsored lunch-hour knit-ins by RNLl Headquarters staff at Poole raised £44. One was held near the caravan on the quay; the other, due to rain, in the office. Knitters were sponsored by other members of staff and their families;... - View image in PDF

Longhope, Orkneys, and Wick, Caith- ness-shire.—At 4.22 on the morning of the 3rd of February, 1956, the freighter Dovrefjell, of Oslo, a converted tanker, wirelessed that she had gone aground in the Pentland Skerries but was in no immediate...

PROBABLY the most ancient mode of propelling boats through the water by hand labour was by means of oars of nearly the same shape, and worked in the same manner, as those now in use. And to all appearance there is no likelihood of a change,...

CLACTON-ON-SEA.—On the 24th January, in reply to signals from the Swin Middle Light Ship, the Life-boat Albert Edward put to sea, and proceeding in a 8. direction sighted a dismasted ship—the Hebe, of Frederickstadt—on the east end of the...

LISTEN TO Dr Sydney Peace and, underlying all that he says, you will hear the ring of his abiding love of the sea. You will also hear the echoes of his deep respect of all seafaring people and in particular for the lifeboatmen of Orkney,...

LI. HASTINGS.—The Charles Arkcoll, 34 feet by 8 feet 3 inches, 10 oars.

" Thou old sea town, crouching beneath the rocks, Like a strong lion waiting for his prey— Where are thy river, harbour, and the docks, In which...

(Above) A fine example of an old Faroese Lutheran Church, close by Torshaven, the capital of the islands.. - View image in PDF

PEEL, ISLE OF MAN.—On the morning of the 13th Dec., 1887, a gale, which had been blowing strongly from the S.E., suddenly shifted to the S.W., and two schooners, the Clyde and the Harbinger, of Belfast, coal laden, which were riding at...