LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

MRS. LOTIXGA SMITH, of Gcdling, Nottingham, celebrated her ninetieth birthday on the K th of November, 1947.

In spite of her great age, in spite of ill health and in spite of an accident last winter when she was knocked...

Filey, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 31st of May, 1954, the weatherworsened while fishing cobles were at sea, and at eleven o'clock the life-boat The Isa & Penryn Milsted was launched. A strong breeze was blow- ing from the...

FISHING COBLE ESCORTED TO HARBOUR Filey, Yorkshire. On the morning of the 17th January, 1962, a local fishing coble was at sea in weather which was growing worse. At 11.15 the life-boat The Isa & Penryn Milsted was launched in a...

JANUARY 24TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.

Four of the Filey motor fishing boats, Peggy, June and Ann, Barbara and Joan, and Joan and Mary, were out fishing. A strong wind got up from the S.E., with a heavy swell, and at 12.25 in...

THE annual general meeting of the Governors of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was held at the Central Hall, Westminster, on the 3rd of March, 1959. The Earl Howe, Chairman of the Committee of Management, was in the...

'Tis a stormy night, and the wild winds roar, The waves roll mountains high, And the Life-boat crew are called to the shore, For a ship to the rocks in nigh.

Not a moment waver our heroes bold, As their boat they...

'Tis a stormy night, and the wild winds roar, The waves roll mountains high, And the Life-boat crew are called to the shore.

For a ship to the rocks is nigh. : Not a moment waver our heroes bold, As their boat they...

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...