LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Beach Out Of Reach
A beach out of reach Even strong swimmers can be caught out, struggling in sight of land. Carol Waterkeyn reports Sunday 3 June 2007 was a memorable day for all the wrong reasons. A family holiday nearly turned into a disaster when Carolyne...
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane (32)
NOV. 19TH. - SEAHAM, DURHAM. An aeroplane was reported to have crashed into the sea. The life-boat could find no trace of her, and news was later received that the aeroplane herself was picked up by a trawler, but that its crew was missing. ...
Forty-Two Men Were Saved
EARLY on the morning of the 27th of November, 1954, the 20,125-ton Liberian tanker World Concord, which was in ballast and bound from Liverpool to Syria, broke in two during storms of exceptional violence in the Irish Sea.
Category: Services
H.R.H. Princess Marina— the Institution's President
IN the last issue of THE LIFE-BOAT, it was reported that Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, had now completed 25 years as President of the Royal National Life-boat Institution. The Princess succeeded the late Duke of Kent, who had been the...
Category: Articles
Whitby No. 2 Life-Boat, the Last of the Pulling Boats In the Service
Whitby No. 2 Life-Boat. The Last of the Pulling Boats In The Service. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Margate Life-Boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. 11) Being Launched
The Margate life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. 11) being launched.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Stranding of the "Eider."
The " Eider " rode on the open sea With her safety in God's own hand For a thousand miles—-ay, two, and three, With never a sight of land.
A shell of steel on the world of waves That severs the hemispheres,...
Category: Poetry
A Dinghy (2)
At 9.19 p.m. on 22nd October, 1966, flashing signals, presumed to be SOS, appeared to be coming from a small boat near the Long Nose bouy. The life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. I/) was launched at 9.41. It was three hours after...
The Admiralty Register of Wrecks for 1854
THE Admiralty Register of the Wrecks that have occurred on the coasts of the United Kingdom during the year 1854 has just been published by order of the House of Commons, accompanied by the Wreck Chart of the British Isles for the same...
Category: Articles
Nostalgia Direct
the essential Foster & Allen AVAILABLE NOW IN A SUPERB Enjoy the beautiful, relaxing music of Foster & Allen on this wonderful collection - reminisce to Maggie and A Bunch Of Thyme plus who can forget Old Flames and their chart...
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