LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Saving Stations of the World
IT is hoped to publish in the next issue of The Li/eboat an article on a " List of Life-saving Stations of the World, with their Equipment and Geographical Positions," issued by the International Hydrographic Bureau at Monaco, in...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat
TtrE day is spent ; the ied sun sinks Beneath the Western wave; The light bark gaily holds her course With her crew so stout and brave.
A few short hours, and all is changed; For loudly howls the Wast, And o'er the...
Category: Poetry
An Aeroplane (36)
MARCH 1 9TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL.
An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the pilot was rescued by a fishing boat. - Rewards, £6 4s.
(See Port Isaac, “ Services by Shore-boats,” page 95.).
Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the February and March Meetings of the Committee of Management
February Meeting.
Ballycotton, Co. Cork.—On the 2nd January, 1939, the crew of four of the motor trawler Yankee Girl were rescued by another fishing boat.—Rewards, £2 105., with £3 for loss of fishing, and 2s. 6d....
Category: Services
Alderney's 65 Promises
The ladies of Alderney lifeboat guild marked the RNLI's anniversary with a sellout Birthday Bash Dinner and Auction of Promises which raised some £5,000.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Loss of Life on and Near Our Coasts
A CAREFUL or interested reader of the article in THE LIFE-BOAT JOURNAL for last November, on the " Wreck Register and Chart for the year ended June 30th, 1884," cannot but be struck by the me- lancholy fact shown by the statistics,...
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane (60)
JULY 3RD. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
An aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but her crew of seven, who had taken to their dinghy, were picked up by a fishing boat.- Rewards, £5 10s. 6d..
U.S.A. Liberty Ship James Eagan Layne
MARCH 21ST. - PLYMOUTH, DEVON.
At 4.3 in the afternoon a message was received from the king’s harbour master that a vessel was sinking five miles north-east of Eddystone, as the result of enemy action.
A...
Profile of the Offshore Fleet
Lifeboats stationed round the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland WATSON AND BARNETT, Oakley, Waveney, Thames, Arun or Clyde . . . names which conjure up the lifeboats of the RNLI's offshore fleet, each with her own characteristics, her...
Category: Articles
Services of Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
SUFFOLK.—At 2.45 P.M.
on the 2nd May, 1901, the Cross Sand Lightship fired signals, which were repeated by the St. Nicholas Lightship, and in response the Life-boat Marie Lane was launched and was towed by the steam-tug...
Category: Services