LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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
The Life-Boat House
The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
Category: Articles
Phoebe, of Scarborough
On the 21st February, the brig Phoebe, of Scarborough, was stranded on a sand-bank near Covehithe, on this coast, during stormy weather. The Southwold large life-boat went oft', put 5 of her crew on board the vessel, and assisted in...
A French Yacht Rescued on the Coast of Jersey
THE night of the 27th of September, 1951, was very dark and overcast at St. Helier, in Jersey. A fresh wind was blowing from the south-south- west; there was a swell rising from six to eight feet; and heavy storms of rain made visibility...
Category: Services
Dungeness: the Moment of Naming
Dungeness: The moment of naming. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of J. P. Morris. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
At the Height of the Storm
From the painting by Mr. Charles Dixon, R.I., presented by the artist to the Institution..
Category: Drawings
Hrh the Duke of Kent President of the Institution
HRH The Duke of Kent, President of the Institution, visited lifeboat stations at Barrow, Morecambe, Fleetwood, Blackpool and Lytham-St Anne's on Wednesday April 27. At each station he inspected the lifeboat and met lifeboatmen, station... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
List of Successes In the Essay Competition
London District (County Council Area and Middlesex).
Name.
Age.
School.
William Bennett Freda Shine Thomas Gover .
Maureen Conway John...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Lee
HOLYHEAD.—On the morning of the 16th January, a rocket, apparently fired about seven miles N.W. of Holyhead, was seen by the coastguard. The crew of the Life-boat Thomas Fielden were called, and the boat was launched at 4.10 being token in...
The Life-Boat House
The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
Category: Articles