LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Temperance Pledge
CAISTER, NORFOLK.—While a strong breeze was blowing from N.W. by W., increasing to a gale and accompanied by a heavy sea, on the 18th January, the coxswain of the Life-boat, who was watching, observed the side-lights of a vessel on the...
Rival
PALLING.—Soon after midnight on the 28th May, while a strong N.N.E. wind was blowing and a heavy sea running,a vessel was reported to have stranded on the beach at Waxham, two and a half miles southward of the Falling Life-boat station. The...
Orion
On the 15th February, at 6 P.M., the No. 2 Life-boat, the Godsend, proceeded to the barque Orion, which had stranded on the south side of the North Scroby Sand.
A fresh S. by E. breeze was blowing at the time, the weather...
Kate and Elizabeth
KESSINGLAND,—At about 2 o'clock on the afternoon of the 18th May , of Fortsmouth, stranded on the Barnard Sand, in a fresh breeze from the N.E., drizzling rain and a rough sea. The No. 1 Lifeboat jBolton was promptly launched, and...
Cyprus
The No. 2 Life-boat Godsend proceeded to the assistance of the fishing dandy Cyprus, of Great Yarmouth, which had shown flares, having stranded on the Inner South Barber Sand, during a moderate W. breeze the 9th...
M. E. Clarke, of London
On the 23rd Dec. the steamer M. E. Clarke, of London, went on the Mole Kocks outside Dover Harbour during a heavy N.E. gale. On her signals of distress being observed, the Royal Wiltshire life-boat was taken to the centre of the bay on her...
Venus of Preston
The schooner Venus, of Preston, whilst entering the port on the 20th October, late on the tide, during a strong westerly wind, struck on the Horse Bank, on which a good deal of sea was then running. The Life-boat Wakefield was then taken out...
French Honour for a Coxswain
ON the 26th of November, 1948, at the Guildhall, St. Ives, Cornwall, the French consul at Southampton presented to Mr. William Peters, former coxswain of the St. Ives life-boat, the Brevet de Chevalier de 1'Ordre du Merite. The ...
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On the 5th and 7th of February, 1960, the Barra Island, Hebrides, life- boat was launched to take patients to South Uist. On the first occasion a woman gave birth to a child on board the life-boat. These events are re- corded on pages 435-6....
San Casto
Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.—At ap- proximately 5.30 on the afternoon of the 4th of May, 1956, the coastguard reported that a member of the crew of the tanker San Casto, of London, had been injured. At 6.10 the life- boat Jeanie Speirs put out...