LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Fort Ellice
LANDING AN INJURED MAN Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 1st of June, 1947, a wireless message came from the S.S.
Fort Ellice that she wished to land a man with a broken leg and other injuries. The case was...
The British Steamer Magdapur Sunk By Enemy Action Off' Aldeburgh Suffolk on September 10 1939 It Mix the First Wartime Service Carried Out By the Rnli the Photo
The British steamer Magdapur sunk by enemy action off' Aldeburgh, Suffolk, on September 10, 1939. It mix the first wartime service carried out by the RNLI. The photograph was taken by the then motor mechanic of the local... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Late Commander Thomas Holmes, R.N.
WE record, with great regret, the death on 20th September, at the age of eighty-one, of Commander Thomas Holmes, R.N., late chief inspector of life-boats. Commander Holmes was a Norfolk man, hailing from Morning- thorpe Manor House, Long...
Category: Obituaries
The Greek Brig Calamidas
On the follow- ing day, the Greek brig Calamidas was in a very perilous position in Newquay Bay, during a strong N.N.W. gale, accompanied by a very heavy sea. The Coast Guard attended with the rocket apparatus, but the ship was too distant...
The Motor Coble Humility
APRIL 5TH. - NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At about 1.20 P.M. the coastguard reported that the motor coble Humility, of Newbiggin, was overdue. She had a crew of three. A strong westerly wind was blowing, with a rough sea....
The Rescue
A fair breeze the sails of the good ship was swelling, As gallantly homeward she sped on her way; While the song of the sailors was joyously telling, " Home looms in the distance, love brooks no delay." "Y'heave-ho, with...
Category: Poetry
A Canoe
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 8.37 on the morning of the 28th of August, 1956, the Foreland coastguard tele- phoned that the Newport police had reported that a man had swum ashore at Woodside and that another man had been left clinging to a...
Lifeboats In Action
Injured yachtsman saved from certain deathD A mayday call from an injured sailor who had lost control of a yacht was relayed to Falmouth Coastguard on 29 October 2003.
The Royal Navy (RN) search and rescue helicopter from...
Category: Services
The Voluntary Spirit
Fortunately the age old advice 'never, ever volunteer' is as widely disregarded today as it was in Sir William Hillary's time. Richard Mann, the RNLI's Regions Manager, looks at some of the ways that the Institution is...
Category: Articles