LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

During a moderate northerly gale and heavy sea, on the 6th October, a vessel was observed about 7 A.M. to make signals denoting that she required help. She had been riding to anchor in the Princess Channel, but in a heavy squall lost both...

At 3.30 P.M. on the 9th October the spritsail barge Electric, of London, stranded on the S.E. part of the Margate Sands; the No. 1 Life-boat Eliza Harriet was there- fore launched to her assistance. The vessel was found lying in a very...

Shortly before 11 A.M. on the 22nd December, a telephone message was received through the Coastguard from the Kentish Knock Light-vessel, stating that there was a schooner ashore on the Sand, with a flag flying at half-mast on the mizen.<...

The Life-boat Civil Service No. 1 was launched at about 4 A.M. on the 13th February in a N.N.W.

gale and heavy sea in answer to signals of distress from a vessel on the Walpole Rock. The schooner Perseverance, of Fowey, was...

CALM is the ocean ; fair is the sky; Vessels are passing silently by; Sunbeams are gilding the waves with their glory; Peaceful the scene! 'Tis an oft-spoken story.

Foaming and breaking close to our feet, On the dark...

The requisite qualities of a Life-boat man's lifebelt are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy, 22 Ibs., to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support another person besides...

A good service was skilfully performed by the No. 1 Lifeboat Kentwell on the 27th May during a strong S.S.W. gale and very heavy sea. About midnight on the 26th idem flares were reported near the South Pier, and the coxswain of the Life-boat...

During a whole N.E. gale and very heavy sea on the 26th March the Coastguard reported at 6.45 A.M. that the Corton Light-vessel was firing signals of distress. The crew of the No. 1 Life-boat Mark Lane were assembled, and the Life-boat, in...