LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Manora
DECEMBER 17TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 9.12 in the morning a message was received from the naval authorities that a vessel was on the barrage boom.
A southerly gale was blowing and the sea was broken and confused. At...
An Appeal for Help
Let our thoughts and tender feelings Wander o'ei the main, To the dying sailors crying " Help! " " Oh, help !" in vain.
Who can save the mother's treasure Clinging to the mast ? Who can hear that...
Category: Poetry
July
Launches 17. Lives rescued 7.
JULY 13TH. - COURTMACSHERRY HARBOUR, CO. CORK. At 5.30 A.M. the coastwatchers reported that a small boat was in distress about five miles S.E. of Oyster haven, and the motor life-boat City of...
Category: Services
Greyhound
ST. IVES, CORNWALL. — On the 29th March, during a storm and tremendous sea, accompanied by blinding showers of hail and snow, the ketch Greyhound, of Porthcawl, was observed running for the harbour. The. Life-boat Covent Garden was launched...
Thomas Stanley Treanor
THE Rev. Thomas Stanley Treanor, M.A., came from the parish of Achill, on the west coast of Ireland, and in July, 1878, was appointed chaplain to the Missions to Seamen for Deal and the Downs. A scholar and author, Treanor could read Greek...
Category: Articles
Morse Controls Ltd
It'syour business which engine you choose but when it comes to remote controls it's Morse of course - the major manufacturers say so! Write today for full details from AN ASSOCIATE COMPANY OF MORSE CONTROLS INC. USA) 2ND DROVE,...
Category: Advertisement
175 Years
A TIME TO PAUSE AND LOOK BACK AROUND THE BEGINNING of the nineteenth century 31 'Original' lifeboats built by Henry Greathead of South Shields were established in ports and harbours scattered all round the British Isles. Not a great...
Category: Articles
Sunday service
What do you do when your boat starts to sink – so fast you don’t even have time to make a distress call? You hope there’s a lifeboat nearby …
It was a typical Sunday morning for the crew of...
Category: Articles
Director's Cut
Brian Miles, RNLI Director, was guest of honour at the silver jubilee celebrations of Wilton and District branch. The party was held in July in the grounds of Wilton House and Cdr Miles cut the anniversary cake in front of 160 guests... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Soccer Stars Kick Off Appeal
Soccer stars kick off appeal Soccer premier league personalities Roy Evans and Howard Kendall were in Portrush recently to help launch the appeal fund for the resort's new £1.8m. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs