LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Flower of Ross
HOLY ISLAND.—On the night of the 6th November a tar barrel was seen burning near the shore opposite Ross Links. The wind was blowing •with, almost hurricane force from S. by E., rain and sleet were falling, and the night was intensely...
Bertolemeo Cerruti, of Genoa
On the 27th October, another severe 1 gale sprang up from the N.N.E., and the ! barque Bertolemeo Cerruti, of Genoa, which ! was riding at anchor, was observed to I drift rapidly on shore, the sea soon ; making a complete breach over her....
Supply, of Stornoway
The same boat also rendered similar service, on the 26th October, to the crew of the brig Supply, of Stornoway, which was seen in distress, with signals for help flying, in Thurso Bay, during a heavy northerly gale. When the vessel was...
Taste of the Past
Taste of the past / am writing to tell about some events here in Sweden this summer. Let me start back in 1855 when the first lifeboat station was established in Sweden near Sandhammaren, on the south east comer of Sweden, opposite the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Bird of Dawning
The Bird of Dawning
by John Masefield
Review by
Carol Waterkeyn
The Bird of Dawning is a classic from 1933, recently republished by the National Maritime Museum with an introduction...
Category: Articles
Michel Martell, Senior Partner of His Family Firm In Cognac, In the Wheelhouse of the Southend Life-Boat on the Occasion of the First Issue of Brandy to a Life-Boat Station. As Stated Elsewhere, the H
Michel Martell, senior partner of his family firm in Cognac, in the wheelhouse of the Southend life-boat on the occasion of the first issue of brandy to a life-boat station. As stated elsewhere, the House of Martell has donated cognac to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Naming of the 52Ft Arun Relief Lifeboat Sir Max Aitken
THE BACK GARDEN of the harbourside house of Sir Max Aitken, whose name she now bears, was the unique setting for the naming ceremony of the RNLI's newest 52ft Arun class lifeboat at West Cowes, Isle of Wight, on Saturday May 2. The...
Category: Inaugurations
Filatore, of Genoa
Again, on the 16th Nov., this Life-boat saved the crew of 10 men from the barque Fttatore, of Genoa, which was lost on the Middle Cross Sand, during a gale at N.N.E.
This service was one of extreme peril, and the Life-boat...
Ann, of Blyth
On the 12th June the brig Ann, of Blyth, parted her cables in a S.E. gale, in Alnmouth Bay, and was driven ashore. The small four-oared self-righting life-boat belonging to the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION was quickly launched in a heavy...
Services of Life-Boats
BUDEHAVEN, NORTH CORNWALL. —On the 9th of October last, the Margaret, a sloop belonging to Bideford, was observed to strike heavily on the Chapel-rock, off the entrance of Budehaven, and then to bound off into deep water, evidently with...
Category: Services