LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Cobles (1)
WHITBY.—On the 2nd December four fishing-cobles were observed to be making for the harbour, and as the wind and sea increased, the Harriott Forteafh Life-boat went out, supplied the crews of the cobles •with life-belts, and attended each of...
Mayfield
Intelligence having been received that a vessel was showing flares on the north side of the Haile Sand in hazy weather on the 23rd February, the Life-boat was launched at 2.45 A.M., and found smack Mayfield, of Grimsby, stranded the sand. At...
Fair Isle
On the evening of the 28th December the Life- boat Co-operator No. 3 was launched to the assistance of the armed trawler Fair Isle, which had stranded. The Life-boat rendered assistance, being engaged for some hours. On the following day...
Shamrock, of Wexford
On the 9th April the same life-boat again put off to the smack Shamrock, of Wexford, which was totally wrecked during a very strong easterly wind on the north end of the Dogger Bank. The life-boat was placed as near as possible, and the crew...
Caithness
At 8.45 in the morning of the 2nd April guns were heard from the Haisborough and Would Light-vessels, and in response the Palling No. 2 Life-boat Hearts of Oak was launched. On reaching the Haisborough Sands the steamer Caithness, of New-...
A Windfall
THE Institution has received, under the will of a civil servant of London, a legacy of ten guineas. The will was made in 1916, but the legacy to the Institution was contained in a codicil dated 7th December, 1929. That day was the height...
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Ismene
RAMSGATE.—While a moderate gale was blowing from N.E., with a heavy sea, on the 26th Match, the smack Ismene, of Ramsgate, was seen in Pegwell Bay, burning flares for assistance. The Lifeboat Bradford proceeded out, in tow of the steam-tug...
John Pickard
On the 30th January the schooner John Pickard, of Goole, whilst bound to London with coal, sprang a leak when near the South Caistor Buoy. Her signals of distress were observed by the Coastguard, who reported them to the Coxswain of the Life...
Two Lowerstoft Trawlers
On the 24th February, whilst a strong westerly breeze was blowing, accompanied by a very heavy sea, it was reported that two Lowestoft trawlers were making for the harbour. As the tide was ebb it was considered advisable to have the No. 1...
Providence
On the 30th October the foreign barque Providence, of Dantzic, ran ashore at West Port, in Machrihannish Bay, Cantyre. The Campbeltown life-boat was brought to the spot from Campbeltown, a distance of 6 miles. Eight of the wrecked crew had...