LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Full-Rigged ShipForrest Hall
LYNMOUTH, NORTH DEVON.—Telegrams were received at about 7 P.M. on the 12th January asking for assistance to a vessel showing signals of distress off Grore Point.
Almost immediately after the messages had been received the...
An Aeroplane (12)
FEBRUARY 8TH. - CLACTON-ON-SEA, ESSEX. A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £13 8s. 6d..
Accounts of Services by Life-boats (3)
Launches 27. Lives Rescued 5.
APRIL 9TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.
At 1.22 in the morning the coastguard reported that the 7,000-ton S.S. Hilary, of Liverpool, was ashore at Carmel Head. She was homeward...
Category: Services
We Ask the Questions
theLifeboat asks Ian Ventham, former head of fundraising and marketing, to reflect on his time at the fundraising helm and we speak to his successor, David Brann, on his vision for the future.Ian What notable changes in fundraising have you...
Category: Articles
Valross
Ramsgate,' Kent.—At 10 A.M. on the 7th April the motor life-boat Prudential put out for her monthly practice run.
A moderate S.W. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The life-boat made towards the Brake...
None (3)
First season success Glorious sunshine brought many to Croyde and Woolacombe beaches, North Devon, on 11 June 2006, but high surf and strong rip currents combined to make a busy day for RNLI lifeguards. They used their rescue watercraft to...
The Men Who Man the Life-Boat
WHEN a shrieking, thund'rous tempest Breaks the stillness of the night, And a ship in seething waters Wages impotential fight; As the life-croft to the rescue, Gallant oarsmen speed afloat— Do we realise the perils Of the men who man the...
Category: Poetry
Sea Girl
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—On the night of the 18th June the coastguard reported that a motor yacht off the harbour was in need of help. A moderate to fresh S.W. breeze was blowing, with a fairly rough sea. The motor life-boat Rosa Woodd and...
A Skilful Rescue In Unknown Waters
AT 12.45 on the afternoon of the 17th of September, 1952 the coastguard telephoned the life-boat station at Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides that the crew of a local motor boat, the Mayflower, were marooned on rocks.
The...
Category: Services
Manora
DECEMBER 17TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 9.12 in the morning a message was received from the naval authorities that a vessel was on the barrage boom.
A southerly gale was blowing and the sea was broken and confused. At...