LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Sailing Dinghy (1)
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 12.32 on the afternoon of the 28th of March, 1959, the honorary secretary was in- formed that a boat was being blown off shore one mile east of the life- boathouse. At 12.40 the life-boat Henry Comber Brown was...
Hawthorn
During a strong W.S.W. breeze at about 7.30 P.M. on the 21st July a ketch was observed trying to make the harbour; she missed stays, drifted to eastward, and struck the bar just off the east pier. The crew of the Life-boat Michael Henry were...
Life-Boat Song
SING Ho! ho 1 ho! how the wild winds blow, And the breakers in fury foam, While, with thund'ring roar, o'er the storm-swept shore, The waves in their frenzy roam! Oh, many a ship, in the storm-fiend's grip, Would add to the...
Category: Songs
Cover Picture
Just seconds after launching, the crew of Shoreham Harbour lifeboat, the 42ft Watson Dorothy and Philip Constant, raise the radar scanner anil radio aerials which are folded back while the boat is in her boathouse.
Dorothy... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Joass
Margate, Kent.—At 7.50 in the even- ing of the 24th of July, 1948, the coast- guard telephoned a message, received from a steamer through North Foreland Radio, that a sailing yacht wa's aground on Tongue Sands, four miles south-east of...
Sarah
HOLYHEAD.—The steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland was called out on service on the morning of the 26th Jan., 1893, signals of distress having been shown by the schooner Sarah, of and from Fowey for Euncorn, which had stranded on the...
Team Members Get Soaked to the Skin Collecting the Cash Bags
Team Members Get Soaked To The Skin Collecting The Cash Bags. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Karanan (1)
Wells and Sheringham, Norfolk.— On the night of the 20th September the coastguard reported a ship ashore a mile east of Blakeney Point. A strong easterly wind was blowing, with a rough sea, and the weather was thick. The Wells motor...
A Vessel
Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire - At 1.20 p.m. on 24th July, 1967, information was received that a small vessel anchored half a mile north of St. Anne's pier appeared to be in difficulties. The IRB was launched first but as she...
Books
Books RMS Queen Mary: 101 questions and answers about the great transatlantic liner By David Ellery, published by Conway ISBN 1844860337 Price: £9.99 (plus p&p) hardback David Ellery's engaging text is structured into bite-sized...
Category: Articles