LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Osbourne, of Hartlepool
The brig Osborne, of Hartlepool, bound from London to Granton, in ballast, went ashore at Hadstone Scarr during a strong southerly wind, and in a heavy sea, on the 20th November. As soon as the vessel was observed to be in danger the...
Some Ways of Raising Money
Fund-raising branches and guilds throughout the country had very good results last year. Dundee branch increased its total by nearly 50 per cent to reach £15,800. the ladies' guild contributing £8,000 towards this sum; the...
Category: Donations
Pride of Sherkin
JANUARY 8 T H . - B A L T I M O R E , C O .
CORK. At 8.35 at night the relatives of the crew of the motor fishing boat Pride of Sherkin, of Sherkin Island, reported the boat long overdue. A moderate north-east gale was...
Ercole, of Naples
On the 25th Jan. the brig ! Ercole, of Naples, was descried off St.Anne's Head in a distressed and (in the i judgment of the crew) hopeless condition ; they haying, in consequence of her dis- I abled state, anchored their vessel on a...
The Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- swain John Daniel, of Aberystwyth.
He joined the crew in 1911, was ap- pointed bowman in 1933, second cox- swain in 1936 and coxswain at the beginning of 1943. He retired at the end of...
Category: Articles
The Duke of Edinburgh at the Lizard-Cadgwith
The lift is an unusual fixture of the new life-boat station. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Below: the Remains of Tynemouth Boathouse
Below: The remains of Tynemouth boathouse and the John Pyemont lifeboat, which were destroyed by a German bomb on 9 April 1941.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Motor Life-Boats of the Institution. No. 4.—The 35-Feet 6 Inches Self-righting Type
UNTIL 1921 all the Institution's motor life-boats were of a weight which made it necessary that they should either lie afloat or be launched down a slip-way.
In that year, the first boat was sta- tioned at Eastbourne of...
Category: Articles
One of the Delightful Watercolours Specially Commissioned for Brian Martin's Tales of Time and Tide'. This Is the Lowestoft Lifeboat Sucesfully Rescuing a Cow - O
One of the delightful watercolours specially commissioned for Brian Martin's Tales of Time and Tide'. This is the Lowestoft lifeboat sucesfully rescuing a cow - one of the tales recounted by Tommy Knott..
Category: Drawings
Lines Suggested By the Inauguration of a Life-Boat
LAUNCH the Life-boat! Heaven, we pray, Smile upon this glorious day.
Grant out Boat may help to save Shipwrecked ciews from watery grave.
When the storm roars loud and high, To the rescue may she fly,...
Category: Poetry