LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
New Draper, of Whitehaven
on 9th Feb., saved 8 men from the brig New Draper, of Whitebaven..
Knight of the Sea
KNIGHT of the Sea! though " Sir "-Itss thou be, Thy heart beats brave, and is strong to save From the deadly wave and the deep-sea grave.
Knight of the Sea! true son of the free! The storm thou'lt dare when...
Category: Poetry
Jessica, of Newhaven
OCTOBER 3RD. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.
At 8.50 at night a message was received from the Southern Railway Company that a small yacht had fired distress signals off the east pier. A west-north-west breeze was blowing, with a choppy...
Assistant, of Stavanger
On the 25th November, the small life- boat, the Boys', at this place, put off to the help of the schooner Assistant, of Stavanger, which was stranded on the Barber Sands during a strong wind and hazy weather.
She...
Summary of Services
The summary of the year's services by life-boats which has previously appeared in the March number of THE LIFE-BOAT will in future be published as a separate supplement. The supplement will be incorporated in all the bound...
Category: Services
Portrait of a Coxswain
COXSWAIN LIONEL DEREK SCOTT has been coxswain of The Mumbles life-boat since May 1955, when he became one of the youngest coxswains in the service of the RNLI. He had joined the crew in 1947. H; received the Institution's silver medal in...
Category: Articles
Demetrius, of Sunderland
On the 18th March, at 10.30 P.M., in answer to signals of distress from the Tongue Lightship, the Life-boat Qui- ver, No. I, after beiag transported for two miles by land, was launched, it blowing heavily at the time from N.E. She suc-...
The Fishwives of Cullercoats
THE fishwives of Cullercoats this year collected £139 at their quarterly road exercise and launch of the life-boat.
This is their sixteenth annual collection, and they have collected altogether over...
Category: Articles
Bembridge
BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT On the 29th January, 1940, the Bembridge life-boat rescued the crew of twentyone of H.M. Trawler Kingston Cairngorm.
COXSWAIN HARRY J. GAWN was awarded the bronze medal..
Category: Medals
The Saturday Club
The Saturday Club for deaf and partially hearing children aged 8 to 16, Newport, Isle of Wight, includes many outdoor activities in its programme, and four weeks of special efforts for the RNLI culminated in an exhibition football match... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs