LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

DECEMBER 7TH - 10TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.

At 11.45 in the morning, the naval base at Great Yarmouth asked, through the coastguard, that the life-boat should launch to the British-manned Liberty ship Samnethy, which had...

Wildly roared the rolling billows, Surging waves rose high o'erhead; Helpless, in that hour of danger, On—the gallant vessel sped.

Sails were riven, masts were broken, By the tempest's fearful power ; Fruitless...

" Man the Life-boat!" Listen, brother, How the signal cleaves the air, Chilling heart of wife or mother With a feeling nigh despair; "Man the Life-boat 1" and the thunder Seems to echo back the cry; "Dare they...

RAMSGATE. — During a moderate breeze from the N.W., and in cloudy and misty weather, on the 21st January, guns were heard from the direction of the Goodwin Sands. The steam-tug Aid and the Lifeboat Bradford were at once manned, and left the...

ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.—On the 20th November, whilst one of the most violent storms that has visited this coast for many years past was raging, the hull of a vessel was seen off Aldeburgh at about 6.30 A.M.

she appeared to be...

Moved by Rear-Admiral the Earl TALBOT, C.B., and seconded by MONTAGUE GORE, Esq.,— 1. That the Report now read be adopted and circulated.

Moved by Captain JOHN SHEPHERD, H.C.S., Deputy-Master of the Trinity House, and...

These days swimming lessons aren’t all about armbands or diving for bricks in your PJs. As the nights draw in, we asked swimming coach Ashley Jones to help us become confident open water swimmers by next summer

This time...

CLOse up Innovation stations Providing more than just a reassuring reminder of the RNLI’s presence, the charity’s 232 stations are as carefully designed as the lifeboats they house.

Elizabeth Paine finds out more When a...