LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Henry Britton, Ex-Coxswain at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
HENRY BRITTON, for 50 years Coxswain of the Life-boat at Walton-on-the-Naze, died on March 20th last, at the age of 79.
He was appointed Coxswain in "1884, when the Station was established, and retired in 1914. During...
Category: Obituaries
Hondeklip
On the 18th February, while a moderate gale was blowing from the E.S.E.
with a rough sea, the brig Hondeklip, of Swansea, bound ftom Ghent for Dublin, was observed ashore on the north-east part of the Goodwin Sands. The...
Souvenirs, Pictures, Bells, Models and Other Exhibits Now Fill the Museum.
Souvenirs, pictures, bells, models and other exhibits now fill the museum.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sellers at the Continental Market
The special summer effort of the Camberley branch.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Left - the Duke of Kent
Left - The Duke of Kent addresses the conference.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Ladies' Life-Boat Guild
The Ladies' Life-boat Guild, of which H.R.H. the Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, is the Patron, and the Duchess of Sutherland the President, has added three distinguished names to its officers.
The Duchess of...
Category: Articles
The Wishing Well at Cawdor Castle the Fourteenth Century
The wishing well at Cawdor Castle, the fourteenth century home of the Thanes of Cawdor, also gives an opportunity to castle visitors to become RNLI well wishers. The picture shows a recent lifting of the grill and (I to r) Lord Cawdor, Derek... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Protestant Archbishop of Dublin Dedicates Her to God
The Protestant Archbishop of Dublin Dedicates Her To God. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Her Majesty the Queen's Recognition of Gallant Conduct
THE destruction by fire of H. M.'s troop-ship Birkenhead, in 1852, and of the hired transport Europa,* in 1854, will no doubt be remembered by many of our readers.
Both catastrophes were attended by lamentable loss of...
Category: Articles
An Appeal for the Sailor
YOU, who dwell in homes of comfort, Circled by the friends you prize ; Don't forget the vessels tossing, Can't you hear the Sailor's cries ? Cries for help, where no one hears him, Cries for mercy from above, Can't...
Category: Poetry