LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Siberite
Stromness, Orkneys.—At 5.15 A.M. on the 16th March the Kirkwall coastguard telephoned that Wick Radio had reported a vessel ashore on Hoy. She was the steam trawler Siberite, of Hull, homeward bound from the fishing grounds, with a crew of...
The Last of a Famous Life-Boat Crew
BY the death, on 20th May last, of Mr.
Charles Verrion, of Ramsgate, at the age of 85, passed away the last member of the famous Ramsgate Crew which carried out, just over fifty years ago, one of the most remarkable rescues...
Category: Obituaries
The Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for immediate...
Category: Articles
Prince of Wales Days In 1935
DUKING 1935 Life-boat Days, through the gracious permission of the Institu- tion's President, were known as " Prince of Wales Day," in celebration of the Silver Jubilee of King George V.
There was an increase...
Category: Articles
Extraordinary people
RNLI volunteers were recognised with the prestigious Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Volunteering Award in December 2012.
We’re one of just 60 organisations to receive this one-off award that marks the Jubilee and Olympic year.<...
Category: Articles
Paquita, of Santander
Very early on the morning of the 4th January, a vessel was seen on the Dogger Bank, off this coast, on which a rough sea was then breaking.
As soon as possible the smaller of the two Life-boats on this station, the Civil...
Oft-Spoken Stories
CALM is the ocean ; fair is the sky; Vessels are passing silently by; Sunbeams are gilding the waves with their glory; Peaceful the scene! 'Tis an oft-spoken story.
Foaming and breaking close to our feet, On the dark...
Category: Poetry
Peter Hicks Associates,
'FOR THOSE IN PERIL Introducing two unique bronzes created for Members of the RNLI by Military Artist Peter Hicks.
Both illustrate splendidly the character, style of dress and equipment as worn during those early...
Category: Advertisement
The Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to tht ooat.
Every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for immediate...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for immediate...
Category: Articles