LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Francis Mary, of Inverkeithing
The same life-boat also performed a noble service on the 2nd December, in saving at great risk the crew, consisting of 3 men, of the sloop Frances Mary, of Inverkeithing, which vessel became a total wreck on the Eedcar Eocks during a strong...
"The Blessing of Him That Was Ready to Perish Came Upon Me."
THE LIFE-BOAT.
Hark! an awful tempest Breaks upon the night.
Winds and waves are roaring: 'TSs a fearful sight! See the noble vessel, Wrecked upon the deep.
Many a heart is failing...
Category: Poetry
Atmospheric Phenomena In 1880
THE Astronomer Royal (Sir George B. Airy) in liis recent report states—amongst other in- teresting subjects—that the mean temperature of 1880 was 49-4 deg., being O'l deg. above the average of the preceding 39 years. The highest...
Category: Articles
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Category: Advertisement
H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester at the Padstow Ceremony
HRH The Duke of Gloucester at The Padstow Ceremony. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Brinkburn
The S.S. Brinkburn; of London, with twenty- two men on board, whilst bound from Antwerp to Cardiff in ballast on the 24th February, stranded on the Good- win Sands near the S.E. buoy. The weather at the time was threatening, and the Charles...
The S.S. Albionic (1)
MARCH 19TH. - CLOVELLY, AND ILFRACOMBE, DEVON. At 3.10 A.M. a message from the coastguard, Hartland Point, was received at Clovelly that a steamer was on fire six miles north of the point. A whole W.S.W. gale was blowing, with a very heavy...
Feature: We Ask the Questions
Making RNLI history work for the futureHeritage is very important to the RNLI. It's not just about having a collection of lifeboats and equipment from yesteryear, it is also about social history. Over the years the RNLI has amassed a...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Monkton Combe
Humber, Yorkshire.—At 8.35 on the morning of the 13th of February, 1953, the Spurn Point Coastguard reported that the S.S. Monkton Combe, of Bristol, had been in collision with another vessel, and that the Monkton Combe was trying to beach...
Gustave
SCARBOROUGH.—On the morning of the 2nd December, 1886, during a heavy gale from the N., the dandy Gustave, of and from St. Yalery-en-Canx for North Shields with flint stone, brought up in the roads about a mile S.E. from the piers, showed...