LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Opreisingen of Arendal
On the 30th August, 1859, the brig Oprdsingen, of Arendal, ran on the Bonndnis rock, in Cas- tletown Bay. The master and carpenter landed to procure assistance; but the wind and sea increasing rapidly, it was impossible again to reach her in...
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
The RNLI and me: James Cracknell
WHO IS JAMES CRACKNELL?
When he retired from competitive rowing in 2006, James Cracknell OBE had two Olympic Gold Medals and six World Championship titles under his belt. In the same year, he and TV presenter/adventurer Ben Fogle...
Category: Articles
Restoration of the Apparently Drowned
AMONGST the most interesting and im- portant subjects which, from time to time, have been treated in The Life-boat Journal, is that of the means to be resorted to for the restoration of the apparently drowned, and it is one in which the...
Category: Articles
The Wreck Register and Chart for the Year Ended the 30th June, 1898
WE have much pleasure in drawing the special attention of our readers to the valuable statistics recently issued by the Board of Trade in their Annual Blue Book, which furnishes abstracts of the returns made to the Board of shipping...
Category: Articles
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
GILES' QUAY, DUNDALK.—On the appli- cation of the local residents, the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has formed a Life- boat Establishment at Giles' Quay, on the north side of Dundalk Bay, it having been considered that a Life-boat...
Category: Articles
La Belle
CAISTER.—The No. 2 Life-boat, the Godsend, was launched at 11 A.M. on the 28th January, and proceeded to the assistance of the brig La Belle, of Shoreham, bound from Shields to Poole, which vessel was ashore on the North Scroby, a heavy sea...
Eva
HOWTH.—At 4A.M. on Sunday morning the 26th March, the barque Eva, of Dublin, was stranded on Baldoyle strand, when it was blowing a strong gale from the S.E.
The Life-boat Clara Baker was speedily manned, and proceeded to...
Nordstiernen
CLACTON-ON-SEA.—During a very strong gale of wind from the S.S.W., accompanied by a heavy sea, at about 4 P.M. on the 29th April, a sloop was observed in the offing sailing in a westerly direction. The wind increased and shifted westerly,...
Jane, of North Shields
On the night of the 5th March, the brig Jane, of North Shields, stranded three miles and a quarter south of Palling, in a strong gale from S.S.W. The Palling life-boat was taken to the spot, on her transporting-carriage, and launched to her...