LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Pleasant Mirth
Sheringham, Norfolk. At 11.50 on the night of the 25th of June, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a man living in Marston had reported that a yacht appeared to be in a very dangerous position off Blakeney Point. The...
Monarch
The sprit-sail barge Monarch, of London, whilst bound from London to Yarmouth, got into difficulties when off Harwich on the 6th January, owing to her steering gear getting out of order. In response to her distress signals, which were re-...
Rosaleen
At 7.30 P.M.
on the 5th November signals of distress were observed from a vessel on Salter's Bank. The wind was blowing with the force of a whole gale from the south- west, and there was a very heavy...
Margaret
GROOMSPORT, Co. DOWN.—The barque Margaret, of Belfast, was endeavouring to enter that port during a very strong gale from the N.N.W. and a very heavy sea at about 12.30P.M. on the 14th October. She was taken in tow by a steam-tug, but the...
John
MARGATE. —At 1 A.M. on the 28th October, during a gale from the E.N.E.
and a very heavy sea, it was reported that a barge was ashore opposite Birchington, and that men could be seen in the rigging.
The...
May Lily
Bridlington, Yorkshire.—On the after- noon of the 31st of March, 1948, the motor life-boat Tillie Morrison, Sheffield, was launched at 5.35, to stand by the local motor fishing boat May Lily, during a south-easterly gale with a very heavy...
Constance
On the night of the 4th December the steamer Con- stance, of Leith, ran ashore on the north side of the entrance to the River Southesk. She was bound, with a crew of five and a cargo of coal, from Methil to Montrose. Scurdyness lighthouse...
Rescue
RESCUE D LifeBoAt CReW sAVes eAsteR BUNNy! Tobermory lifeboat crew had an unusual, yet appropriate, casualty to rescue on Easter Sunday in the form of a pet rabbit. Four adults, two children, a dog and the rabbit were onboard the yacht Blue...
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The Life-Boat
THE LiFE-BoAT.
Words by Vice-Admiral J. E. WARD.
~ 'i mf Last Verse and Music composed by C. H. PURDAT.
VOICE.
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Fine ships and...
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Chalk and Cheese...
Travel the length and breadth of the Irish coastline and you will be greeted in almost every harbour of any size by the familiar blue-andorange livery of RNLI lifeboats.
At first this may come as no surprise, but between...
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