LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

LIKE the he . t of a woman (pathetic and tender), Tet stalwart and strong, with a soul ever true: Alert with pure courage his service to render— These are the men in the jerseys of blue.

For whenever the storm with its...

(See Diagrams on next page.) The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of a 34 feet by 7 feet self-righting boat. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view, the shaded part showing that devoted to the...

Margate, Kent. At 4.9 on the afternoon of the 21st of November, 1958, a request was received from the Chief Superinten- dent, Trinity House, for the life-boat to land a sick lamplighter from the Tongue lightvessel. The life-boat North...

BALLYWALTER, Co. DOWN.— On the morning of the 4th January, 1892, while a moderate gale of wind was blowing from the N.N.E., with strong hail squalls and a heavy sea, signals of distress were seen in the direction of the Ship Rock, about a...

The 39ft Constanze sinking by the bow, broaches heavily under tow in a Force 6 to 7 wind. Despite various attempts the crew of the Dover lifeboat could not prevent her sinking just two miles away from Dover. The crew of six German yachtsmen... - View image in PDF

SDNDERLAND.—The report of a gun was heard at 7.45 A.M. on the 19th of April, during a light E.N.E. wind, a strong sea, and foggy weather, and the screw steamer, Langdale, of Sunderland, was seen on the North rocks. The No. 1 Life-boat Good...

On the morning of the 1st December rockets were fired from the Royal Sovereign Light-vessel. The Life-boat put off, and on reaching the light-ship found that one of her crew had fallen from the shrouds attached to the shaft on which the...

JOHN HERBERT DUDLEY RYDER, fifth Earl of Harrowby, died on the 30th of March, 1956, at the age of 91. The Earl of Harrowby had held the office of treasurer of the Institution longer than anyone else in the Institution's history. He was...