LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
WICKLOW, IRELAND.—A branch of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has been recently founded at Wicklow, and a life-boat on Mr. BEECHING'S prize model modified in correspondence with the boats on the Institution's plan has been...
Category: Articles
Hattie
On the morning of the 8th July, a boat was observed about four miles from the shore at Bude, with a signal flying. She tacked about several times, as if intending to make Bude. The crew assembled, and the Elizabeth Moore Garden Life-boat...
Richmond Packet, of Middlesborough
Again, on the night of the 26th October, a vessel was seen apparently in a dangerous position near the Barber Sands, off Glister.
Some of the beachmen went off in one of their yawls, and found the vessel to be the brig...
The S.S. Footah
PORT ST. MARY, ISLE OF MAN.—A severe storm was experienced here on the 4th October, the wind blowing from the S.E. with almost hurricane force, with a very heavy sea and heavy rain.
The storm continued throughout the day,...
Maggie Ross
STAITHES, YORKSHIRE. — The steam trawler Maggie Ross stranded on the rocks at Boulby in hazy weather about 4 A.M. on the 27th March, while bound from Aberdeen to Hull with a cargo of fish. About 7 A.M. three of the crew of the vessel arrived...
Traen
The brig Traen, of Christiania, was wrecked during a moderate north- easterly gale and thick weather, on the 2nd March, on the Goswick Sands.
About 7.30 A.M. the coastguard reported by telephone that a vessel was ashore.<...
Louise
About 8 o'clock on the evening of the 16th May a boat was noticed on the north side of Aberdovey bar, riding in a most dangerous position with a moderate gale blowing from N.W. As the boat was in immediate danger the Life - boat William...
The S.S. Altyre
Shortly after midnight on the 17th-18th January signals of distress were seen burning in the direction of the South Barber Sands.
As soon as it was possible the No. 1 boat Covent Garden was launched and found the S.S....
Recruit
— At 9.5 P.M. on 1st May the Coxswain received a message from the Coastguard that a vessel was stranded on the Geddle Rock, just north of Peterhead.
A moderate E. wind was blowing with a ground swell, and the weather was...
St. Mary
At 3.30 P.M.
on the 27th October, information was received that a small boat was drifting out to sea about a mile from Garryvoe Strand. In a strong northerly gale, with a heavy sea and rain, the Motor Life-boat Mary...