LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Small Sailing Boat Zephyr
Baltimore, Co. Cork.—During the afternoon of the 7th September, 1938, a man put out in the small sailing boat Zephyr. He did not return when expected. The weather had become bad, and anxiety was felt for his safety. At 10.15 P.M. the motor...
The Institution's President In Malaya
WHEN the Institution's President, H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, returned from her visit to Malaya at the begin- ning of December 1952, the Institu- tion sent to her the following telegram, signed by Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., K.B.E.,...
Category: Correspondence
Around the Coast and Inland
Porthcawl On Saturday September 3, 1983, Porthcawl lifeboat station held the handing over ceremony and service of dedication for its new D class inflatable lifeboat, provided by Mrs Joan Middleton in memory of her husband, Donald Rigley...
Category: Articles
The Royal Bank of Scotland
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Category: Advertisement
The American Steamer Fort Perrot
JULY 27TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT. At 2.25 in the morning the coastguard reported that shouts had been heard off Dungeness Point by a coastal battery. Later the lifeboat was asked to put out by the Royal Naval shore signal station, and at 4.15...
The Costa Rican Steamer Carmen
Workington, Cumberland.—At 6.35 on the morning of the 5th of July, 1956, the Walney Island coastguard reported that a vessel was aground in the harbour entrance. The life-boat Edward Z. Dresden, on temporary duty at the station, put out at...
A week in the sun
The south of England saw some gorgeous weather in June and early July, with crowds flocking to the Dorset coast. But it wasn’t fun in the sun for everyone, as RNLI lifeguards found while patrolling the beaches
The unbroken...
Category: Articles
Macedonia and the Robert Stevenson
On the 4th August this Life-boat was again launched to the assistance of the brigs Macedonia, of Blyth, bound from Havana to Peterhead, and the Robert Stevenson, of Shields, from Archangel to London, which vessels, having been caught in a...
The No. 1 Pilot Boat
Workington, Cumberland.—At 9.55 on the evening of the 29th of September, 1952, the Walney Island coastguard telephoned that the No. 1 pilot boat, of Workington, with two men on board, had broken down off Workington, and at ten o'clock...
"The Dear Old Life-Boat."
; THE voices of the rescued—their numbers may be read— The tears of speechless feeling our wives and children shed— The memories of mercy in man's extremest need- All for the dear old Life-boat, uniting, seem to plead." LORD...
Category: Poetry