LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Boats (1)
During the afternoon of the 16th February a sudden strong N.N.W. gale got up, with a heavy, broken sea and snow showers. The motor life-boat H.C.J.
was launched at 3.30 P.M., as two local motor fishing boats had gone to Hoy...
Gamester
At 11.40 A.M.
on the 17th May, the Coastguard reported that the Royal Sovereign light-vessel was making signals of distress, and the No. 1 Life-boat Olive was launched without loss of time. Shortly before reaching the light...
Agnes and Constance
At 1.10 A.M. on the 30th December a telephone message was received from the Coastguard at Shingle Street, stating that a vessel to the southward was burning big flares.
In response the steam Life-boat City of Glasgow was...
Ianthe
At 8.30 P.M. on the 7th February it was reported that a vessel was making signals of distress by burning flares, about one mile E.N.E. of Clovelly. As a strong N.W. gale was blowing with a rough sea the Life-boat Elinor Roget proceeded to...
Troubadour
At 10 P.M.
on the 1st March, during a southerly gale, signals of distress were observed from a vessel in close proximity to the Breakwater Lighthouse, The steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland was at once despatched to her...
Pat
At 7.30 A.M. on the 8th December, during a dense fog, the watchman reported that a vessel was ashore on the beach, one mile to the eastward of the watch-house. The crew of the Life-boat were at once assembled and proceeded in the...
Jehoiah Wick
In response to signals of distress, the Life-boat Charles and Eliza Laura was launched at 3 P.M.
on the 2nd December, and rescued the crew of four hands of the fishing-boat JehoiaJi Wick, of Hoylake, which was in distress...
Magdala
The steamer Mag- dala, of Glasgow, whilst bound from New York to Rotterdam with a cargo of grain, stranded on the Goodwin Sands on the 22nd October. The steamer was a Belgian relief ship. She was seen to strike the sands and the Life-boat...
Fishing Cobles (1)
.—Four of the fishing-cobles belonging to Flamborough were overtaken by a strong S.E. gale and heavy sea whilst out fishing on the 14th December. Richard Chad wick, the Coxswain of the Life-boat, was in.
one of the boats,...
Jane and Ann
SCARBOROUGH.—The flshing-coble Jane and Ann, of Scarborough, was making for the harbour in a strong gale on the 28th April and as it was clear that she would encounter considerable danger in coming in, the sea being very heavy, the Life-boat...