LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Silver Jubilee Naval Review
ON 16th July the King reviewed the fleet at Spithead, as part of the cele- brations of his Silver Jubilee. The motor life-boats from Yarmouth and Bembridge, in the Isle of Wight, were on duty throughout the day, under the command of the...
Category: Articles
The S.S. State of Georgia
SOUTHEND, CANTYRE.—The Life-boat John R. Ker was launched at 10.30 P.M.
on the 17th February, and remained by the S.S. State of Georgia, of Glasgow until two steamers arrived on the following morning and took her in tow,...
Commander Oscar Henderson CVO CBE DSO RN
Commander Oscar Henderson, c.v.o., C.B.E., D.S.O., R.N., a member of the Committee of Management since 1948 and chairman of the Belfast branch, died on 3rd August at the age of 77.
Commander Henderson was one of the best...
Category: Obituaries
The S.S. Hopelyn
The Service to the S.S. "Hopelyn." By Commander £. S. CARVER, R.D., R.N.R., Inspector of Life-boats for the Eastern District.
ON Friday, 20th October, at about 11 A.M., I arrived at the harbour at Gorleston....
A Direct Hit on the Lifeboathouse and Lifeboat at Tynemouth on April 9 1941 the Heavy Bomb With a Slightly Delayed Fuse Penetrated and Exploded Under the Concrete
A direct hit on the lifeboathouse and lifeboat at Tynemouth on April 9, 1941. The heavy bomb, with a slightly delayed fuse, penetrated and exploded under the concrete floor. - View image in PDF
by courtesy of J. C. H. Cleet. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Hopelyn (1)
The Service to the S.S. "Hopelyn." By Commander £. S. CARVER, R.D., R.N.R., Inspector of Life-boats for the Eastern District.
ON Friday, 20th October, at about 11 A.M., I arrived at the harbour at Gorleston....
The S.S. Beacon Light
RAMSGATE. — In response to signals from the Goodwin and Gull Light-vessels, the Life-boat Bradford, in tow of the steam-tug Aid, left the harbour at 10 P.M.
on the 30th January. The wind was blowing strongly from E.N.E.,...
The Life-Boat
STORM on the waters; and the cruel wind Howls like a savage beast whose riven chain Hath loosed to slaughter; on the shore the grind, The rush, the hiss of the vexed waves complain, Sounding like solemn dirge, 'mid plash of driving...
Category: Poetry
The "Suevic."
The White Star liner Suevic has been sold to a Norwegian firm, and is to be converted into a floating whale-oil factory. It was from this 12,000-ton liner that Life-boats rescued 456 lives twenty-two years ago. On the night of 17th March,...
Category: Articles
The Merchant Vessel Robin
Arun stands by cargo ship in 70 knot winds Newhaven's relief Arun Duke of Atholl was involved in a service to a large merchant vessel on 19 November 1996, just a week after the Number service above.
This time the...