LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

During a strong southerly gale and heavy sea on the 15th March, signals of distress were seen from a vessel near the Barber Sands, and the Life-boat John Burch was launched and proceeded in the direction of the signals. On reaching the...

At 1.50 A.M. on the 1st April, during a dense fog, it was reported that the Gull Light-vessel was firing guns and rockets.

The Charles and Susanna Stephens at once proceeded to sea in tow of the tug, but at 4 A.M. the fog...

At about 3 o'clock on the 3rd November the Norwegian ship Hansy, of about 1,500 tons, bound for Sydney with a cargo of timber, was wrecked at Penolver, owing to a south-west gale and heavy sea.

The coastguard with the...

At 6.45 on the 4th December it was reported that a small schooner, the Sarah and Mary, had struck the Bar and gone j ashore in Seaford Bay. The Life-boat i Michael Henry was launched and pro- ceeded to the vessel. At the request of the...

While a strong wind was blowing from the S.S.W., with a rough sea, on the morning of the 28th June, two trawlers grounded on the Scroby Sand. The No. 1 Life-boat Mark Lane was launched to their assistance at about 8.20, but before they were...

At 3.45 A.M.

on the 27th January the Coastguard reported that a vessel was burning signals of distress on the Newcombe Sands. The Life-boat Kentwell was despatched in tow of a tug and found the trawler Pet, of Lowestoft,...

A large Greek steamer named the Othon Stathatos, of Ithaca, carrying a crew of twenty-three hands, and bound from Penarth to Athens with a cargo of 6,000 tons of coal, struck a submerged rock about two miles north of Pendeen and commenced to...

At 7.30 A.M.

on the 19th March, during a N.E. gale, the Coastguard reported that a schooner was flying signals of distress. The Life-boat Queen Victoria was launched, but considerable difficulty was ex- perienced, and she...