LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
God Bless the Life-Boat
WHEN in dark night of winter, fierce storms of wind and rain Howl round the cosy homestead, and lash the window pane, When over hill and tree top, we hear the tempest's roar, And hurricanes go sweeping on, from valley to the shore, When...
Category: Poetry
Reserve Fleets of Life-Boats
IN order to be ready for any emergency on the coast the Institution keeps at its Storeyard at Poplar, on the Thames, a Eeserve Fleet of Life-boats. One of these Boats can be sent at a moment's notice to any place on the coast where the...
Category: Articles
Loretta of Bilboa
On the 5th December, the schooner Loretta, of Bilboa, was seen drifting toward the sands east- ward of Porthcawl. There was a strong gale blowing from W.S.W. at the time.
The Porthcawl life-boat put off, and brought ashore...
The Sailing Ship Maria Asumpta
Three lifeboats search for survivors from wrecked sailing ship Lifeboats from three stations were involved in the search for survivors when the 137-year-old sailing ship Maria Asumpta foundered after running ashore on the rocky North...
A Cheque for £100000 the Biggest He Had Ever Had Received for the Rnli Was Handed to Commander Swann By Mr Roy Bailhache Chairman of the Jersey Branch: It
A cheque for £.100,000, the biggest he had ever had received for the RNLI, was handed to Commander Swann by Mr Roy Bailhache, chairman of the Jersey branch: it will pay for Jersey's new 44' Waveney lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Model of 'The Original' Built By Henry Greathead of South 'shields In 1789 'The Original' Lifeboat Was Based on a Model By William Would Have to Which Modifications Were Made By Nicholas
A model of 'The Original'.
Built by Henry Greathead of South 'Shields in 1789. 'The Original' lifeboat was based on a model by William Wouldhave to which modifications were made by Nicholas fairies.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Fishing Research Motor Vessel William Herdman (1)
Port Erin, and Port St. Mary, Isle of Man.
—About 4.30 in the afternoon, on the 6th of September, 1950, the Ramsey coastguard telephoned the Port Erin life-boat station that the fishing re- search motor vessel William...
Bravest Life-Boat Deeds of 1950
THE Institution has awarded the " Miss Maud Smith's reward for courage, in memory of John, Seventh Earl of Hardwicke," for the bravest act of life- saving by a life-boatman in 1950, to W.
Arnell, of the Selsey...
Category: Awards
Helmsman; Crew
helmsman; Crew Members John Ashford, Brian Gaunter and Derek Winning were taken ashore together with a bucket stretcher (itself on trial) and an Ashford first aid pack. The best ledge from which to embark the boy was 35ft above the sea, but... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coonatto, of London,
On the 21st February at 8.30 A.M.
this Life-boat again proceeded to Beachy Head to the assistance of the barque Coonatto, of London, which vessel, while on a voyage from Adelaide to London, with wool and copper, got ashore...