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Toogo, of Esthonia and Corinthian, of London

Date: February 1920

Volume: 24

Issue: 268

North Deal.

In then* long record of service the.

men of the North Deal Life-boat have rarely been so severely tried as they were in the galea, at the beginning of last November. A whole gale from E.N.E....

Bluebell, of Wick

Date: December 1967

Volume: 40

Issue: 422

Stronsay, Orkneys - At 1.40 a.m. on 22nd June, 1967, the fishing vessel Bluebell of Wick was reported ashore on Seal Skerry, South of Gairsay. The lifeboat The John Gellanty Hyndman slipped her moorings at 2.10 in a moderate south westerly...

The S.S. Britannia

Date: February 1916

Volume: 23

Issue: 259

On the 25th September, during a thick fog, signals of distress were heard, and the Life-boat Forster Fawsett was dis- patched as quickly as possible. Near the Crumstone Rock, Fame Island, she found the s.s. Britannia,...

The Old Coxswain's Motto. (Verses for Recitation.)

Date: February 1902

Volume: 18

Issue: 203

IN MEMORIAM CAISTER LIFE-BOAT DISASTER (14th November, 1901).

"The Caister men never turn back." (As reported at the Inquest, 15th November.)(The old Coxswain speaks)— WHAT is this we have done ? Why, our duty,...

Category: Poetry

A Principle Which Was Established By William Wouldhave

Date: Winter 1999

Volume: 57

Issue: 547

To make a boat self-righting keep the centre of gravity low and centre of buoyancy high, so that she is unstable when upside down - a principle which was established by William Wouldhave in 1789 and still holds true on today's... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

The Half-Pence Scheme

Date: Spring 1973

Volume: 43

Issue: 444

The half-pence scheme My grandad and nan have been saving half-pennies for the lifeboat service for 28 years. Of course they receive a receipt for what they hand in but my brother Paul and I feel sure they would love to see a few words of...

Category: Correspondence

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent

Date: Autumn 1995

Volume: 54

Issue: 534

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent at the opening of the new boathouse at Silloth and the naming ceremony for the station's new Atlantic 75 Spirit of Cumbria. (Inset) Helmsman Derek Wilson pours the champagne as the Duchess names the... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

The Sudden Foundering of Ships of War, and How to Save Their Crews

Date: August 1878

Volume: 10

Issue: 109

WE have been so accustomed to look on our Ships of War as " the safest things afloat" that our whole attention has been hitherto turned to measures for increasing the safety of our merchant vessels, and to providing the most...

Category: Articles

Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck

Date: July 1853

Volume: 01

Issue: 09

National Institution FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.

ESTABLISHED IN 1824.

SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS.

PATRONESS.

HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE...

Category: Advertisement

The Steamtug Defiance

Date: August 1892

Volume: 15

Issue: 165

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...