LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dorothy
Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—At 7.32 on the morning of the 16th of July, 1950, the coastguard pasted on a message from a steamer that the yacht Dorothy, of Colchester, was in need of help, two miles east of the South-west Bawdsey buoy. At 7.53 the No...
Rikiki
St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 5.43 on the morning of the 8th August, 1961, a message was received that a small speed boat with two people on board had made fast to Jethon buoy and was in danger of being swamped. A near gale was blowing from...
'We waited and hoped'
On the evening of 1 April, Skerries lifeboat crew members were requested to search for two missing fishermen from the Co Dublin town
Along with RNLI lifeboat crews from Clogher Head and Howth,...
Category: Articles
A Fishing Vessel
STANDING BY New Brighton, Cheshire. At 9.50 a.m. on i8th October, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a fishing vessel was in distress south of C 2 buoy. There was a moderate north-westerly breeze with a choppy sea. The...
Empire Queen of Dublin
On the 5th August, the ship Empire Queen, of Dublin, was stranded during foggy weather on the south end of the Arldovv Bank. The life-boat Alfred and Ernest, sta- tioned at Courtown, went out, in reply to signals of distress, and at the...
H.M. Tug Swarthy and H.M.S. Saltburn
OCTOBER 25TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT, AND SELSEY, SUSSEX. During a south-westerly gale, with very rough seas, the naval authorities at Portsmouth asked the Bembridge life-boat to go to the help of two ships in distress off Horse Sands...
H.M. Tug Swarthy and H.M.S. Saltburn (1)
OCTOBER 25TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT, AND SELSEY, SUSSEX. During a south-westerly gale, with very rough seas, the naval authorities at Portsmouth asked the Bembridge life-boat to go to the help of two ships in distress off Horse Sands...
A Small Launch
FEBRUARY 15TH. - FALMOUTH, CORNWALL.
The naval authorities reported to the life-boat station that at nine o’clock the previous evening a small launch had left the naval pier. Anxiety was felt for the safety of the officer...
Dinghies
Near gale in Chichester Harbour A CAPSIZED SAILING DINGHY with children and an adult in the water, sighted at the entrance to Emsworth Channel some five miles from Hayling Island ILB station, was reported to the honorary secretary by HM...
The Launching of the Life-Boat
When wild winds howl along the deep, And bid the ocean mountains rise To thunder on White Albion's steep The vengeance of her native skies, What cheers the storm-tossed mariners, Wrecked on her rock-bound shore, And nerves their hearts...
Category: Poetry