LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Avenir
SOUTHEND, ESSEX.—During a strong gale from the S.W. and a rough sea on the 2nd September the brig Avenir, of and for Krageroe, Norway, from London, in ballast, parted both her anchors and drifted on1 to the Maplin Sands. The No. 1 Life-boat...
The Boatmen of Britannia
RUN quick, ring out the Life-boat, and quick ring out the crew, No tempest that could daunt them o'er England ever blew.
Where wood upon the water can ever float and save.
The boatmen of Britannia...
Category: Poetry
August
Launches 113. Lives rescued 119.
AUGUST 1ST. - BARRA ISLAND , HEBRIDES. At 2.30 A.M. a telegram was received from the coastguard at Kyle that a ship’s boat under sail with men on board had been seen at 9.30 P.M. the night...
Category: Services
The Danish Schooner Pfeil, of Blankanesse
About 8 A.M., on the 20th March, during a strong gale from the eastward, a schooner was seen to run on .the Newcome Sands. The sea at once broke over her, and the crew hoisted her ensign in the rigging as a signal of dis- tress. The...
Oldham the Second of Hoylake's Four Liverpool Lifeboats Which Spanned the Years 1906 to 1974; the First Was a Pulling and Sailing Boat the Last Three Motor Oldham
Oldham, the second of Hoylake's four Liverpool lifeboats which spanned the years 1906 to 1974; the first was a pulling and sailing boat, the last three motor. Oldham, presented by the town of Oldham, was on station from 1931 to 1952; she... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Brixham Secondary School Fifth Formers (I to R) Jimmy Moore Simon Foot and Steve Edwards Seen With Motor Mechanic Steve Bower Last Term Volunteered As Commun
Brixham Secondary School fifth formers (I. to r.) Jimmy Moore, Simon Foot and Steve Edwards, seen with Motor Mechanic Steve Bower, last term volunteered, as community work, to help clean Torbay lifeboat and boathouse every Friday afternoon:... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Replica Viking Longship
A mock Viking longship—one of four glass fibre replicas belonging to the Viking Longship Association—ran into trouble in Peel Harbour, on the Isle of Man, during a local carnival on August 2, 1987, when it began leaking and became submerged...
A Pram Dinghy
Blown offshore AT MERSEA ISLAND in the early evening of Sunday September 11, 1983, although the water was smooth off Cooper's Beach, a north-easterly near gale, force 7, was blowing off the shore and the tide was ebbing. At 1724 Thames...
The Chinese Life-Boat Service
IT would appear from a Yellow Book published in March last by order of the Inspector-General of Customs at Pekin that no Life-boats or life-saving stations are established along the coast of China excepting those in the district of Canton,...
Category: Articles
Norwich Union
OVER 55? THINKING OF EQUITY RELEASE? Vork? car? for the.
Maybe you had to watch the pennies as your family grew up. So maybe you deserve a little 'me' time? Jet off to New York. Improve your...
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