LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Whaler Brodrene Saevik
Wick, Caithness-shire. At 2.15 on the morning of the 17th of June, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorarysecretary that the whaler Brodrene Sae- vik of Alesund, Norway, had broken down with engine trouble three miles east of Noss Head....
Star of the West
BROADSTAIRS.—On the 30th July, at 4.30 A.M., during a strong N. wind and heavy sea, the Life-boat Samuel Morrison Collins was launched in reply to signal-guns fired from the Gull light-ship. On arriving at the Goodwin Sands, the schooner...
CAPSIZE IN THE THAMES
The crew at Chiswick on the River Thames is one of our busiest – and in October 2016 they knew it wouldn’t be long before they were called on for the 3,000th time. But who would need their help?
Crew Members Gavin Simmons...
Category: Articles
The Half-Pence Scheme
The half-pence scheme My grandad and nan have been saving half-pennies for the lifeboat service for 28 years. Of course they receive a receipt for what they hand in but my brother Paul and I feel sure they would love to see a few words of...
Category: Correspondence
A Call for the Life-Boat
Dark is the night, and fierce are the winds— , On, gallant bark! to the sinking ship, When lo, a cry Nor wind, nor wave Kings wildly forth—"A ship on the rocks, | Can daunt the hearts...
Category: Poetry
Rye Remembered
Popular Warwick folk band, Meet on the Ledge, have included a track on their new CD which tells the story of the 1928 Rye Harbour lifeboat tragedy.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Why Is a Ship Always a She, and Why Is She Invariably Launched With Ceremony and Usually the Traditional Bottle of Champagne (Arrowed)?
Why is a ship always a she, and why is she invariably launched with ceremony and usually the traditional bottle of champagne (arrowed)?. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Round the clock
The Operations Room is hidden away at the top of the charity’s Headquarters building, but it is the nerve centre of the whole RNLI
Until refurbishment in 2008, the walls of this unusual office were lined with whiteboards...
Category: Articles
The Late Queen Alexandra
BY the death of Queen Alexandra on 20th November, 1925, the Institution, loses one of its three Royal Patrons, Queen Alexandra had been associated with the work of the Institution for forty-two years, It was in 1883, as Princess of Wales,...
Category: Obituaries
The Danish Brigantine Feria
On the night of the 20th December, the Danish brigantine Freia, got on shore on the Dogger Bank, near the entrance of Wexford harbour. On her perilous condition being seen at day- light, a boat managed to get to her from the shore with a...