LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
How the Women Launched the Life-Boat. (From the Toilers of the Deep.)
THE little cliff-side village In sleepy stillness lay, When the fishers' boats, at daybreak, Set sail from Bunswick Bay.
" God keep our sons and husbands, And bring them safely home I " Was the prayer that...
Category: Poetry
The lifesaving craft
Anyone who thinks the world of Freemasonry is shrouded in mystery and self-service obviously didn’t get a taste of OrangeAid. Alluding to the distinctive RNLI lifeboat livery, the OrangeAid appeal saw Essex members of the United Grand Lodge...
Category: Articles
The Dredger Samphire (1)
Fenit, and Valentia, Co. Kerry. — On the afternoon of the 80th of January, 1951, anxiety was felt for the safety of the crew of seven of the Tralee Harbour Commissioners dredger Samphire.
Nothing had been heard of...
The Helwick Lightvessel
Tenby, Pembrokeshire.—At twelve noon on the 10th of February, 1953, the Superintendent of Trinity House asked if the life-boat would take a mechanic to the Helwick lightvessel, as the light needed attention. At 9.35 on the morning of the...
The Sand Hopper Seastone
HOPPER ON FIRE Selsey, Sussex. At 8.43 a.m. on 27th May, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the sand hopper Seastone of London had sent a distress message from a position two miles west of the Owers lightvessel,...
Letters to the Editor
SIR. - Since it would appear that no record has been made of the Institu- tion's earliest effort at mechanization, I am most interested in preparing a paper covering the inception of the steam life-boat; its design; building and method...
Category: Correspondence
The Shambles Lightship
AUGUST 1ST. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
At 2 P.M. a message was received from the chief naval officer, Portland, that it was necessary to evacuate the crew of the Shambles Lightship, and that the naval vessels which were available...
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
The Gunners' Island
PROBABLY the highest subscription per capita of any unit in the regular forces to the Institution is from the St.
Kilda detachment of the Royal Artil- lery Guided Weapons Range in the Outer Hebrides.
This...
Category: Articles
The Finnish Steamer Axel
Holyhead, Anglesey. — 24th October, 1937. A distress message had been received from the Finnish steamer Axel, which was on fire. She had, however, given a wrong bearing. She was not off Holyhead, but off the Dutch coast. Her crew were...