LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Gertie
DECEMBER 8TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. At 5.45 A.M. a message was received from the military lookout post at Greenore Point that rockets and flares had been seen, and at 6.35 A.M. the motor lift-boat Mabel Marion Thompson was...
An Aeroplane (58)
AUGUST 8TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. At about 5.15 P.M. an aeroplane was reported by the coastguard down in the sea ten miles S.S.W. from Bembridge Point.
A strong south-westerly wind was blowing, with a very rough sea....
An Aeroplane (121)
SEPTEMBER 30TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX.
At 4.19 P.M. the coastguard telephoned that an aeroplane - probably German - was down in the sea to the S.W. of Selsey Bill. A N.E.
breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea....
The S.S. Dublin Bay
FEBRUARY 27TH. - WICKLOW. At 9.30 in the morning the Wicklow civic guard telephoned to the life-boat mechanic that a ship was ashore in Brittas Bay, about six miles south of Wicklow Head. An eastnorth- east gale was blowing, with very heavy...
Elinor
SEPTEMBER 5TH. - ST. PETER PORT, GUERNSEY. At 9.30 in the morning a yacht was reported off the west coast in a dangerous position, but she was not showing any signal of distress. A south-west breeze was blowing, with a slight sea. A...
Foreign Medals
The Norwegian Government awarded silver life-saving medals to Mr. E.
SELBY DAVIDSON, honorary secretary at Tynemouth, COXSWAIN GEORGE LISLE, of Tynemouth, W. JOHNSON, the motor mechanic and BART TAYLOR,...
Category: Medals
Cuba of Whitby
On the night of the 25th October, at 9 P.M., the brig Cuba, of Whitby, was driven ashore in a heavy gale off Winterton.
The life-boat was got ready soon after mid- night, but the night being dark, and the sea very heavy,...
"The Blessing of Him That Was Ready to Perish Came Upon Me."
THE LIFE-BOAT.
Hark! an awful tempest Breaks upon the night.
Winds and waves are roaring: 'TSs a fearful sight! See the noble vessel, Wrecked upon the deep.
Many a heart is failing...
Category: Poetry
The Life-Belts In Use By the Crews of the Life-Boats of the Institution
The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life- belt are— 1. Sufficient extra-buoyancy to support a roan heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support another person besides himself.
Category: Articles
Welcome
Everyone has their own personal reasons for giving time or donations to the RNLI, but I think there's something we all have in common. We can't bear the thought of people being left at the mercy of the sea- or the thought of...
Category: Articles