LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Song of the Life-Boat
When the tempest raves, and the angry waves Break crashing on the shore ; When the vessel cracks, and drops in her tracks, I face the ocean's roar.
I dance o'er the heaving surge and the foam, For the stormy sea is...
Category: Poetry
The Final Trials of the Motor Tractor
By Captain HOWARD F. J. ROWLEY, C.B.E., R.N., Chief Inspector of Life-boats.
I GAVE an account, in The Life-Boat for May, 1920, of the reasons which had led the Institution to look for some mechanical means for launching...
Category: Articles
A Steamer (9)
JUNE 27TH. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. A large steamer had gone aground on the Shingles Bank, but tugs were in attendance and the life-boat’s help was not needed. - Rewards, £3 19s. 6d..
Peter Glen (R) Cruise Director of Fred Olson Travel
During Poole Open Days, Peter Glen (r), cruise director of Fred Olson Travel, presented a cheque for £3,000 to Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston, a deputy chairman of the Institution; with them is Anthony Oliver, appeals secretary. The... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
6. Amy, Daughter of Gary Collett, a Boat Builder at the Ilc, Presents a Bouquet to Lynn Faulds Wood
6. Amy, daughter of Gary Collett, a boat builder at the ILC, presents a bouquet to Lynn Faulds Wood during the naming ceremony of the Mersey class lifeboat Bingo Lifeline. Photo Janet Smith The two naming ceremonies are described in more... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Steam Trawler
JANUARY 2 0TH. - PORT ST. MARY, ISLE OF MAN. A steam trawler had gone ashore, but the crew had got ashore on a raft.
- Rewards, £24..
The S.S. Fosdyke Trader, of London
DECEMBER 29TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
At 11.40 at night the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore at the North Cheek of Robin Hood’s Bay, six miles south of Whitby. A light southerly wind was blowing, and the sea was...
Family Tradition
Family tradition - coxswain Ron Cannon {centre) hands the reigns over to his two sons Ian (right) and Paul. Photo © Isle of Thanet Gazette.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (9)
MARCH 6TH. - RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was - found. - Rewards, £34 18s..
A Yacht (2)
JULY 27TH. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. A yacht had capsized in a race, but her crew were saved by other yachts.- Rewards, £4 7s. 6d..