LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Gallant Service Rendered By the Holy Island Lifeboat "Grace Darling" on the 13th February, 1896
ON the morning of the 13th February all the Holy Island fishing-boats, with one exception, were out fishing, when the sea I rose rapidly, and at 9 o'clock the Rev. D. Bryson, Vicar of Holy Island and Honorary Secretary of the Holy Island...
Category: Articles
Silver Quest (2)
Five lifeboats in long search for lost fishermen Newcastle, Co. Down's, Oakley class lifeboat Jane Hay and Portaferry's Atlantic 21 Blue Peter V took part in long searches for the two crewmen from a fishing boat Silver Quest which...
Marjory Gaw
PARACHUTE FLARES SHOW YACHT IN DANGER Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. At 9.5 on the evening of the 2nd September, 1962, the honorary secretary received messages from the coast life-saving service and the civic guards that rockets and flares had...
A Steamer (16)
NOVEMBER 22ND. - PLYMOUTH, DEVON.
A steamer had been reported in distress, but she was towed into Torbay by a destroyer.- Rewards, £13 2s. 6d..
A Vessel (16)
DEC. 24TH. - RAMSGATE, AND WALMER, KENT. Three men in a motor boat left Ramsgate to go and see the Mahratta wreck and had not returned. The Ramsgate life-boat searched throughout the night and again on Christmas morning and the Walmer...
An Aeroplane (20)
MAY 22ND. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE.
An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but her crew of two were saved by a Royal Marine craft. - Rewards, £5 6s. 6d..
End of the Road: Hyde Park Corner Saturday May 27
End of the road: Hyde Park Corner, Saturday May 27.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Lighthouse
THREE months at sea, and one on shore; Three months at sea—yet not afloat j Around our home the breakers roar, Yet own we neither ship nor boat.
Rock-based, amid the swirl of foam, The lighthouse stands—it is our...
Category: Poetry
The S.S. Ardgantock
Whitby, Yorkshire.—During a thick fog on the 10th March a vessel in the direction of Whitby Rock was heard blowing for help. A moderate N.E.
breeze was blowing, with a ground swell. The No. 2 pulling and sailing life-boat...
Feature Buildling Reflections
It is hard to believe that a year has passed since I concluded my editorial circumnavigation of the RNLI's operational realm. In one respect time has passed quickly, with plenty still going on around the coasts and new, exciting...
Category: Articles