LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Cobles
Twenty-one of the fishing cobles were at sea on the 17th April when a heavy ground swell got up and increased as the tide ebbed, making it quite unfit for the cobles to take the harbour. Between 8 and 9 A.M.
the fishing...
Fishing Cobles
At 8 A.M. on the 10th January eleven of the fishing cobles belonging to Filey put to sea for the purpose of hauling their lines.
Although there was no wind a heavy north-easterly sea was making and when they were about to...
Fishing Boats
JOHNSHAVEN, KlNCARDINESHIRE. — On the 12th January, the sea being rough and a strong breeze blowing from the S.E., it was feared that the fishing-boats would encounter difficulty in making the harbour, and it was therefore decided totake out...
The S.S. Hopeful
On the 23rd February, a message having been received from the North Goodwin Light-vessel, the Life-boat Bradford went out in tow of the harbour steam-tug Aid at 8.45 A.M., and found the s.s. Hopeful, bound from London for Liverpool with a...
Three Fishing Boats
BANFF.—At 3.15 P.M. on the 17th February the Life-boat Help for the Helpless was launched, a telephone message having been received from Macduff intimating that three fishing boats about a mile outside the harbour were in urgent need of...
Amy
In response to signals of distress at 8.30 P.M. on the 18th January, the Life-boat Francis Forbes Barton was launched. There was a whole W.N.W. gale at the time, and the sea was very heavy. Having proceeded in the direction of the signals,...
Kalix, of Stockholm
On 7th September, the Swedish steamer Kalix, of Stockholm, on her way from Norvic to Middlesbrough,stranded near Teesmouth. She was badly damaged; one of her holds was full of water, and her crew got ready to abandon her. When the Teesmouth...
1 lb. of Tobacco a Year for the Life-Boats
THE Glasgow Branch has received ten guineas from the Captain and Crew of the motor-ship Cape York of the Lyle Shipping Company of Glasgow. Before passing round the Institution's collecting-book the Captain wrote in it a special appeal in...
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane
Shortly before mid- night on the 3rd-4th July a wireless message was received that an aeroplane had come down between the South Goodwin Lightship and the Brake Buoy.
The weather was fine with a light...
Fishing Cobles (2)
During the afternoon of the 31st December two of the local fishing cobles were at sea, and as a moderate S.E. gale was blowing with a rough sea, it was decided to send out the No. 1 Pulling and Sailing Life- boat Forester. She was launched...