LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Coxswain Rodney Terry of St.Mary's Isles of Scilly
Coxswain Rodney Terry of St Mary's, Isles of Scilly. He first joined the lifeboat crew in 1965, became second coxswain in 1984 and coxswain in 1985. In his working life he is a foreman stevedore, responsible for supervising the loading... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fisher Lass, of Douglas
APRIL 16TH. - DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN.
While out fishing the fishing smack Fisher Lass, of Douglas, broke her engine shaft, about nine miles south-east-by-east of Douglas Head. The sea was smooth, with a light wind blowing....
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 2nd Jan., 1873: THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair.
Head and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Corre- spondence, and "Wreck and Reward Sub-Com-...
Category: Committee
The Wild Side of Scarborough
I LOOK out of my window, and find that the snow is falling thickly, and that the wind is blowing in from the sea. I raise the Bash and listen, and hear the roar of the rising tide upon the beach. It is the boom of the growing...
Category: Articles
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 19th January, 1928.
SIR GODFREY BAKING, Bt., in the Chair.
Passed a Vote of Thanks to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, K.G., for attending a Gala Performance of the Film " The Black...
Category: Committee
Tarka, of Fareham
JULY 30TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 4.52 in the afternoon the Foreland coastguard telephoned that Horse Sand Fort had reported a motor boat flying a flag and drifting eastwards. The motor life-boat Jesse Lumb was launched at 5.10 in a...
Lion, of Goole
BROADSTAIRS.—At 5 P.M., 12th March, the schooner Lion, of Goole, bound from Hull to the Isle of Wight, was observed driving before a heavy gale at north, with signals of distress flying. The signal guns of the station having failed to...
The Gale
" The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth." WE are not about to write a sermon, although we have commenced with a text; but the sentiment...
Category: Articles
Duke of Westminster
BRIGHSTONE GRANGE, ISLE OF WIGHT.— The Worcester Cadet Life-boat was launched at 8.20 P.M. on the 3rd January, 1884, signal guns of distress having been heard in the direction of the " Atherfield Ledge" rocks during a thick fog and...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 15th October, 1925.
Sir GODFREY BARING, fit., in the Chair.
Decided that the Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) Life-boat Station be permanently established, and that the Totland Bay Station be...
Category: Committee