LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Steam Life-Boat Inspected By the Prince of Wales and the German Emperor
IT will be remembered that in September, 1890, the Steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland was stationed at Harwich for the purpose of experiment. There she gained golden opinions from her crew.
Between September, 1890, and...
Category: Articles
Services of the Ramsgate Life-Boat
THE following graphic account of a recent noble service performed by the Ramsgate Life-boat is extracted from a work just published, entitled "Storm Warriors."* We hail the appearance of this interesting book with considerable...
Category: Services
An Aeroplane (60)
APRIL 18TH. - BALTIMORE, CO. CORK.
Flares had been reported several miles south of Skilligs, but nothing could be found. The life-boat put out again to a German aeroplane which had crashed in the sea, but the six airmen had...
The Patrol Vessel Cramond Island (1)
APRIL 2ND. - EYEMOUTH AND ST.
ABBS, BERWICKSHIRE. At 2.20 in the afternoon a message was received at Eyemouth that a patrol vessel had been attacked and sunk by enemy aeroplanes about three miles out, and at 2.35 the motor...
The Surf Life Saving Story
An everyday scene which even the complacent Australian cannot take for granted is the surf boat crews battling their way through the wildest surf. They make an unforgettable sight on the shoreward run with the five-man crew crowded at the...
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URGENT CASE Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 12.30 a.m. on I2th May, 1964, the local doctor asked the life-boat to take a patient who needed urgent treatment to the county hospital at Tralee. Because of severe weather no small boat could make the...
Isle of Wight Life-Boatmen Who Helped the Ardgantock
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Category: Photographs
The Large Steamer Hammershus
During a thick fog on the night of the 13th October a large steamer named the Hammershus belonging to Copenhagen, stranded in Lamorna Cove. At the time a moderate S.S.E. wind was blowing with a rough sea. The Life-boat Elizabeth and Blanche...
The End of Steam. Record of the Six Steam Life-Boats and the "Helen Peele" of Padstow
LAST spring, when the Motor Life-boat Princess Mary was sent to Padstow, the larger of the two Pulling and Sailing Life-boats at that station, and the Steam Tug, Helen Peele, were withdrawn from service, while the smaller Life-boat will,...
Category: Articles
A Hint to the Swimmer How to Save a Man's Life
To THE EDITOR OF THE LIFE-BOAT JOURNAL.
SIR,—Many years ago, in India, I was walking home from mess on a darkish, night; I was dressed in uniform, and had on boots, spurs, and straps. As I passed a good sized tank, or...
Category: Correspondence