LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Wild is the wind
The wind brings us clear blue skies and storms, makes a sailboat sail and chills us to the bone. But have you ever wondered where it comes from? Here the Lifeboat gives you a beginner’s guide to wind and its extreme effects<...
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Morning Star, of Carnarvon
On the 27th February, information was received here that a vessel was in distress in the bay. The wind was blowing hard from the N.E. at the time, and the sea was very rough.
The Sisters' Memorial life-boat was imme-...
Jules Josephine, of Reyneville
On the 22nd August, the French smack Jules Josephine, of Reyneville, was totally wrecked on the Doom Bar Sands. It was blowing a heavy gale from W.N.W. at the time. The City of Bristol life-boat, Albert Edward, so named after H.K.H. the...
Victorine, of Ostend
Early on the morning of the 13th January, the barque Victorine, of Ostend, struck on the rocks off.
Souter Point, near Whitburn. There was a heavy wind blowing S. by E., and a very high sea on. The Thomas Wilson life-boat...
Montaya, of Liverpool
On the 26th Sept., signals of distress were made from the steamer Montagu, of Liverpool, which had grounded previously on Wexford Bar, but had ex- pected to get off. The weather in the meantime had increased in severity, and it was now...
Vale of Conway
During a gale of wind on the 3rd May, the smack Vale of Gonway, of Port Dinorwic, was seen in a disabled state at some distance from the land, off the south end of the Isle of Whithorn, in Wigtonshire. The Life-boat Charley Peek "was...
Mystic, of Newport
On the 2nd Jan., 1873, the Princess of Wales Life-boat at this station, in answer to signals of distress, proceeded to the brig Mystic, of Newport, which she leached shortly before midnight.
Previous efforts had been made...
Shamrock, of Wexford
On the 9th April, during a strong easterly wind, the smack Shamrock, of Wexford, was seen to strike on the north end of the Dogger Bank, and to hoist signals of distress. The Civil Service life-boat was quickly launched, and on nearing the...
Grim But Glorious: the Days of Oar and Sail By Ray Kipling Public Relations Officer Rnli
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To many people, every lifeboat rescue is an act of heroism, carried out in a tortuous battle against the elements; to lifeboatmen, even the worst conditions are modestly played down...
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The Life-Boat Service and the Shipping Companies
READERS of The Life-Boat will not need to be reminded of the efforts which the Institution has made during the last two years to call attention to the failure of the shipping community of Great Britain to give adequate support to the...
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