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The Life-Boat
Wildly roared the rolling billows, Surging waves rose high o'erhead; Helpless, in that hour of danger, On—the gallant vessel sped.
Sails were riven, masts were broken, By the tempest's fearful power ; Fruitless...
Category: Poetry
The Foresters and the Life-Boat Institution
THAT great friendly society, the Ancient Order of Foresters, has for a long time been one of the most gener- ous supporters of the Institution.
Foresters' orders are of great anti- quity and their origin cannot now be...
Category: Articles
The Aberdeen Motor Drifter Saxon
Cullercoats, Northumberland. —At 1.32 P.M. on the 23rd April, 1938, the Seaton Sluice coastguard reported a motor drifter on fire about two miles east of St. Mary's Island. A moderate N.N.E.
breeze was blowing, with a...
By Invitation: Kirkwall's 70 Foot Clyde Class Lifeboat Visits the Faroe Islands
IT IS THE GREAT AMBITION of F0rOya Bjargingarfelag, the Faroese Lifesaving Society, to develop a lifeboat service as an extension to the coast rescue equipment companies it has already established at various strategic points round this...
Category: Articles
The Iron Ore Ship Beltana
Penlee, Cornwall - At 8 p.m. on 24th August, 1966, the honorary secretary informed the coxswain that the life-boat would be needed at 7 a.m. on 25th August to land a sick man from a Norwegian motor vessel. At 6.45 the life-boat Solomon...
The S.S. Thorold
AU G U S T 2 2 N D . - D A V I D ’ S , P E M - BROKESHIRE. At 11.35 A.M. the coastguard reported a vessel in distress two miles westward of the Smalls Lighthouse. Permission to launch, was got from the naval authorities, and the motor...
The S.S. Irma, of Sweden
DECEMBER 8TH. - FALMOUTH, CORNWALL,.
At eleven in the morning the coastguard reported a vessel in distress off The Manacles. A strong north-easterly gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea. The motor life-boat Crawford and...
Into the Dragon's Mouth
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 156 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to December 31st, 1949 ...
76,724 Into the Dragon's Mouth IN the...
Category: Services
The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854
IN various parts of the Life-boat Journal, we have expressed a strong conviction of the utter inadequacy of all existing means for affording succour to shipwrecked persons around our coasts. We have mourned over it as a national discredit,...
Category: Articles
Earls Court: Peter Holness (R) Shows Mrs Margaret Thatcher Shorelines Cmg Visual Display Computer Link on the Rnli Stantl on That Day It Was Being Operated By Lin
Earls Court: Peter Holness (r) shows Mrs Margaret Thatcher Shorelines CMG visual display computer link on the RNLI stantl. - View image in PDF
On that day it was being operated by Linda Powell of Shoreline office.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs