LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Paquita, of Santander
Very early on the morning of the 4th January, a vessel was seen on the Dogger Bank, off this coast, on which a rough sea was then breaking.
As soon as possible the smaller of the two Life-boats on this station, the Civil...
The Heroes of the Life-Boat
THERE'S a brave and gallant host Worthy of Britannia's boast, Lions of our sea-girt coast When there's danger on the sea.
Midst the tempest's blaze and blare, Thunder roll and lightning glare, They have...
Category: Poetry
The Rescue
A fair breeze the sails of the good ship was swelling, As gallantly homeward she sped on her way; While the song of the sailors was joyously telling, " Home looms in the distance, love brooks no delay." "Y'heave-ho, with...
Category: Poetry
The Press Were Given the Opportunity
The press were given the opportunity (o interview the medallists the day before the meetings at St Katharine's Pier. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Tom Tit, of Dover
Dover, Kent;—At 1 P.M. on the 1st November a message was received from the Royal Naval Shore Signal Station that a small boat was making signals of distress east of Dover harbour.
A moderate N. breeze was blowing, with a...
Dispatches
A day to remember The RNLI's Annual Presentation of Awards ceremony is an uplifting experience More than 1,000 supporters, volunteers, staff and, most importantly, awardees attended this year's event on Thursday 18 May at the...
Category: Articles
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
SOUTHPORT.—In accordance with the wishes of the crew a second Life-boat has been placed at this station. It is a large sailing boat, 42 feet long, and 13£ feet wide, and is constructed, in conformity with the views of a special...
Category: Articles
Lionel Lukin
THIS year is the centenary of the death of Lionel Lukin, whose name will always be remembered as one of the originators of the idea of the life-boat. He was a fashionable and successful coach builder in London, and Master of the Worshipful...
Category: Articles
The One That Didn't Get Away
After opening the annual harbour fete organised by North Sunderland Ladies' guild Brendan Foster received a salmon from young Steven Shell, son of a crew member, and his wife was presented with a bouquet by Nikki Shiel, granddaughter of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Tap
Weymouth, Dorset - At 7.20 p.m. on 25th October, 1969, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a red flare had been sighted about one mile seawards of Church Ope Cove.
The life-boat Frank Spiller Locke slipped her...