LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Bransty
TYRELLA, Co. DOWN.—At 9.30 A.M. on the 7th February, during thick weather, the wind blowing a strong gale from the S.S.E., accompanied by heavy rain, the brigantine Bransty, of Whitehaven, bound from Newry to Penarth, with a cargo of oats,...
The Ebenezer
MONTROSE.—All the Ferryden fishingboats went to sea at about 6 o'clock on the morning of the 8th January whilst the wind was blowing moderately from the W.S.W. In the course of the day the wind shifted to S.S.B., and as the sea was...
Mabel and the S.S. Barbadian
On the 26th August a message by telephone was received from the South Stack Lighthouse, reporting that a schooner about six miles distant was signalling for assistance. The steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland left her moorings at 12.20...
Vanadit
FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE. — About 7.30 on the morning of the 23rd February a vessel was observed in distress on the east side of Sunderland Bank, Morecambe Bay. A strong W.S.W. gale was blowing, which steadily increased, accompanied by a very...
The Four-Masted Vessel Hougomont
MARYPORT, CUMBERLAND.—The gale of the 27th February, which is described as a " perfect hurricane," drove the Hougomont, a large four-masted vessel of 2,000 tons, ashore at Allonby, -when bound from San Francisco to Liverpool with a...
Paula Bertha
About 8 A.M.
on the 1st September the Coastguard gave information to the Coxswain of the No. 1 Life-boat, Samuel Plimsoll, that a vessel was aground on the Holm Sand.
He promptly mustered his crew, and...
The Life-Belt Used By the Crews of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
The requisite qualities of a Life-boat man's lifebelt are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy, 22 Ibs., to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support another person besides...
Category: Articles
Pearl, Ellen Harrison, Ford Fisher and Isabella
At about 5 P.M. on the llth November, during a northerly gale, signals of distress were seen from the schooner Pearl, of Chester, which was bound from Con- nah's Quay to Dublin with a cargo of fire-clay. The Life-boat Charles and Eliza...
The Hoveller James and Ellen
The Life-boat Louisa Heartwell was launched at 10.45 P.M. on 27th November, in a very heavy sea to the assistance of the hoveller James and Ellen, of Yarmouth, which was in difficulties and unable to beach on account of the very heavy surf...
The Five Masted Schooner Helen W. Martin
At 6.30 P.M. on the 18th November a telephone message was received, stating that a large vessel had struck a mine and was at anchor about three miles off Orfordness. As the amount of damage was unknown and the sea was rough, the No. 1 Life-...