LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Fishing Boat (8)
OCTOBER 8TH. - ARRANMORE, CO.
DONEGAL. At about 2.45 A.M. a report was received that a fishing boat of Burtonport was missing. A very strong N.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor lifeboat K.T.J.S. was launched...
H.R.H. The Princess of Wales, and the Life-Boat Saturday Fund
THE Life-boat Saturday workers through- out the country, and more especially those connected with the Ladies' Auxiliaries, have been greatly encouraged and stimulated in their self-denying efforts during the past summer by the gracious...
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Barge disaster averted
Chiswick lifeboat crew were on exercise on 22 March when they were tasked to a barge drifting beam-on towards Hammersmith Bridge. The barge’s engine had stalled and would not restart, and she couldn’t deploy her anchor. The lifeboat took the...
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Sinking serene
9 April: Bridlington, Yorkshire Four fishermen were rescued by two lifeboats when their vessel, the Serene, ran aground after it lost power. Bridlington RNLI’s two lifeboats tried to pump the water from the boat,...
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February floods
16 February: Somerset As the storms continued in to February, floods caused many to be either trapped inside or to evacuate their homes, as well as suffer a loss of livelihood. In a departure from their usual...
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The S.S. Lady Beatrix, of Sunderland
Early on the morning of the-16th Feb- ruary last, the same life-boat put off in reply to signals of distress from the S. S. Lady Beatrix, of Sunderland, bound from that port to London with coals, which vessel had struck on the Middle Cross...
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
WHITBY AND UPGANG.—The NATIONAL LITE-BOAT INSTITUTION has forwarded two new Life-boats to these stations, in the place of other boats. Both boats are 32 feet long and 7£ feet wide, and row 10 oars "double-banked. The Whitby Life-...
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Casco
Also on the 22nd November, at 3 P.M., in reply to her signals of distress, this Life-boat boarded the Russian barque Caseo, of Bargo, which vessel was aground on the South Sand, it blowing hard from the N.E., with considerable sea. At the...
The French Life-Boat Jean Charcot
SEPTEMBER 23RD. - APPLEDORE, DEVON. The French life-boat Jean Charcot, now in the service of the Institution, was on passage from Padstow to Milford Haven, but as a strong westerly wind was blowing, with a rough sea, the life-boat was unable...
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DECEMBER 3RD. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. At about 11.20 P.M. on the 2nd December a terrific explosion was heard, followed by a series of small explosions, and then rockets were seen going up from the Tuskar Rock...