LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Means of Saving Life
The extent of the means for saving life at present is comprised in the following meagre statement, which we copy from the Northumberland Report*:— " In Scotland, with a seaboard of 1,500 miles, there are eight life-boats: at...
Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
PALLING, NORFOLK. — On the 6th January, 1898, the coxswain of the Life-boat Hearts of Oak was informed that flares had been shown in the direc- tion of the Middle Happisburgh Sand.
The crew of the Life-boat were at once...
Category: Services
We Ask the Questions
The lifeboat service relies heavily on its network of branches, guilds and volunteer fundraisers to bring in the money, so it is important that the best tools for the job are readily available to those who need them.
The...
Category: Articles
Augusta
FRASERBURGH, N.B.—On the 19th February, during a storm of unusual violence from the N.E., the schooner Augusta, belonging to Sunderland, and bound from that port to Little Jersey, was wrecked on some rocks to the leeward of this harbour.<...
Whitby Sunday October 19 1980: at 1030 a Converted Ship's Lifeboat Was Seen Heading Towards the Harbour Entrance Conditions Were Very Dangerous With a Very Heavy Swell and Breaking Sea
Whit by, Sunday October 19, 1980: At 1030 a converted ship's lifeboat was seen heading towards the harbour entrance.
Conditions were very dangerous, with a very heavy swell and breaking seas at the bar and in the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Angus Rose and Mizpah (1)
Montrose, Angus, and Anstruther, Fifeshlre.—On the afternoon of the 9th of February, 1953, a wireless message reached the Montrose life-boat station from the fishing boat Angus Rose, which had a crew of two, that she had lost her rudder, but...
Notes of the Quarter By the Editor
THE STORY OF 'The Year of the Lifeboat', 1974, was one of a triumph of faith: faith in a service of 150 years' standing and of the voluntary principle which is its essence, faith in the capacity of the voluntary workers of the...
Category: Articles
Sea Queen
NOV. 13TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. At 7 A.M. flare were seen to the eastward. This, was confirmed by the Fairlight Coastguard Station. A light S.S.W. breeze was blowing.
The sea was smooth. At 7.25 A.M. the motor life-boat...
Top: The Indomitable Keith (centre) And His Rescuers Are Safe At Last
Top: The indomitable Keith (centre) and his rescuers are safe at last. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Complete diamonds
Volunteers Ian and Sue Bell have rather an unusual role with the RNLI – and have raised over £47,000 towards saving lives at sea
This active retired couple take care of the diverse range...
Category: Articles