LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution
HOLY ISLAND.—On the 29th April, 1867, j the Grace Darling life-boat went off and assisted safely into harbour two fishing- smacks, which were observed in distress during very stormy weather. Had it not! been for the services of the life-boat...
Category: Services
Sir William Hillary, Founder of the Institution
WHEN, in March, 1920, I paid my first visit to the Isle of Man, I did so for a double reason. I wanted to see all the Isle of Man Stations and to have the advantage of meeting the Honorary Secretaries and Committees. But the main object in...
Category: Articles
Feature the Caister Life-Boat Disaster
Thankfully, lifeboat disasters are rare. Lifeboats are designed to withstand the very worst conditions and on occasions in recent years many crews have had cause to be grateful to the self-righting capability of modern lifeboats. The sea is...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat Service 100 Years Ago
Gold Medallion Awarded for a Service on the Northumbrian Coast.
" Newton-by-the-Sea, " Tuesday, 2nd December, 1828.
" SIR,—It is with the deepest regret I have to communicate to you the...
Category: Correspondence
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
Obverse.— Bust of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; beneath, in minute letters, "L. C. Wyon." Double legend, " Royal National Life-boat Institution. Founded in 1824....
Category: Medals
The Danish Schooner Pfeil, of Blankanesse
About 8 A.M., on the 20th March, during a strong gale from the eastward, a schooner was seen to run on .the Newcome Sands. The sea at once broke over her, and the crew hoisted her ensign in the rigging as a signal of dis- tress. The...
Below: After the Crew Is Taken Off,
Below: After the crew is taken off, the Hindlea is torn apart on the rocks.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Gallant Service Rendered By the Holy Island Lifeboat "Grace Darling" on the 13th February, 1896
ON the morning of the 13th February all the Holy Island fishing-boats, with one exception, were out fishing, when the sea I rose rapidly, and at 9 o'clock the Rev. D. Bryson, Vicar of Holy Island and Honorary Secretary of the Holy Island...
Category: Articles
Life-Boat Services Round the Coasts
MARCH No. 1 Life-boat Area Wick, Caithness - At 8.52 p.m. on 27th March, 1969, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a trawler had grounded hard and fast on the Louther Skerries. At 9.10 the life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was...
Category: Services
Feature: the House That Vic Built
Lifeboat stations around the coast are subject to immense wear and tear from the launch and recovery of lifeboats and exposure to the elements. If lifeboats are to remain operational their boathouses and slipways must, however, be kept in a...
Category: Articles