LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Tank Steamer Pass of Ballater (1)
Peel, and Port Erin, Isle of Man.—On the night of the 1st December, 1938, information from the coastguard was received at both life-boat stations that the tank steamer Pass of Ballater, of London, was in distress and needed tugs. A moderate...
In the Early Days of Sir Godfrey Baring's Chairmanship the Motor Car Was Still Something of a Novelty. This Rolls-Royce—It Appears to Be a New Phantom I of 1925-1929—Was Pictured Outside Th
In the early days of Sir Godfrey Baring's chairmanship the motor car was still something of a novelty. This Rolls-Royce—it appears to be a New Phantom I of 1925-1929—was pictured outside the old headquarters of the R.N.LI, in Charing...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Celebrations: Remembering the Past - Looking to the Future
Jersey centenary While visiting Jersey on Friday June 1, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, a Patron of the RNLI, attended a service of thanksgiving and blessing for St Helier lifeboat station and presented a vellum to mark the...
Category: Articles
Halcyon, and the Barges Tintara and Portlight
NOVEMBER 12-13TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. A south-westerly gale was blowing with a rough sea, and many vessels, held up by the gale, were in danger to the windward of Southend pier. The motor lifeboat, Greater London (Civil Service No....
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—Intelligence having been received that a vessel was in distress about three miles 8. of Mang- hold Head, during a S.E. wind on the 5th Oct. 1886, the Life-boat Two Sisters was launched at about 8.30 A.M., and was towed...
Category: Services
The Present Life-Boat House and Slipway Were Built on the Beach a Mile from Wells Because of the North Winds. Also Shown Is the New Inshore Rescue Boat House. the Photograph (Below) Is of Th
The present life-boat house and slipway were built on the beach a mile from Wells because of the north winds.
Also shown is the new inshore rescue boat house. The photograph (below) is of the memorial on the quay at Wells... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Life-Boatman's Sigh In the Tempest
JESU bless oar slender boat, By the torrent swept along; Loud its threatening—let them not Drown the music of a song Breathed Thy mercy to implore, Where these troubled waters roar! Guide our bark among the waves; Through the surf our...
Category: Poetry
An Aeroplane (16)
SEPT. 9TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX, AND DUNGENESS, KENT. At 9.29P.M. the coastguard at Fairlight reported that an aeroplane had come down in the sea a mile to the east. The weather was clear and the sea was calm. At 9.35 the Dungeness lifeboat...
An American Fortress Aeroplane
JUNE 25TH. - CAISTER, NORFOLK. At twelve noon the coastguard telephoned that an airman was in the sea 500 yards S.E. of Waxham. He was one of the crew of an American Fortress aeroplane. All the crew had baled out but the others had come down...
The Fundraisers
Palmer 'ands it over Easterners' dodgy geezer George Palmer (aka actor Paul Moriarty) presented a cheque to crew members of Brighton lifeboat in March. The presentation was held at the local pub, Spanish Lady, and was the result of a...
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