LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Lemnos
The Life-boat was launched to the s.s. Lemnos, of Dundee, which stranded about a mile S.E. of the South Gare on the 16th December. The weather was thick and cold at the time and the Life-boat stood by the vessel. Whilst there the master...
An Evening Hymn. For Those at Sea In Stormy Weather
FOR THOSE AT SEA IN STORMY WEATHER.
" The waves of the sea are mighty, and rage horribly; But yet the Lord who dwelleth on high is mightier." Psalm sciiL-v. 5,
THIS night, O Lord, we lift our...
Category: Songs
No Sea Room—And Other Things
No Sea Room -and other things ROCKS, SHALLOWS or obstructing lines reduced the lifeboats' manoeuvring room in four of the services (described briefly below) for which medals for gallantry were presented at the Royal Festival Hall in May...
Category: Articles
The Women of Cresswell
The women of Cresswell, Northumberland, help with the recovery of the lifeboat Martha.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Vale of Nith, of Liverpool
On the morning of the 16th Nov., the services of the tubular Life-boat were re- quired by a large barque ashore on the West Middle Line. She proceeded out at once, and, at the request of the master, remained alongside the stranded vessel,...
War Services of the Life-Boats to Our Allies
IN his speech at the Annual General Meeting the American Ambassador referred to the war services of the Life-boats to American vessels, and spoke of the 200 Americans who, during •the war and the first year of peace, owed their lives to the...
Category: Services
With Her Builders' Trials Completed the Prototype 47Ft Tyne Fast Slipway Lifeboat City of London
With her builders' trials completed, the prototype 47ft Tyne fast slipway lifeboat City of London set out on a circumnavigation of the British Isles as part of her development trials; during these trials lifeboatmen from a number of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Earl of Bradford
August The Earl of Bradford who had been president of Newport (Shropshire) branch since its formation in 1972..
Category: Obituaries
Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, Founded in 1824.—Supported by Voluntary Subscription*.
PATRONESS.
HEB MOST GRACIOUS Majesty THE...
Category: Advertisement
The Editor Retires
FOR the first time in thirty-three years The Life-boat is appearing under a new editor. Mr. Charles Vince, the former editor, retired from the service of the Institution on the 1st of July, 1953.
His appointment as editor...
Category: Articles