LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Steamer
A Magnificent Group of Services.
19th~21st November, 1916.
SELDOM, if ever, has there been concentrated within three days of Life-boat work a more splendid series of achievements than those which are...
Delegate, of London
On the 30th December the brig Delegate, of London, struck on the Caister Shoal, or Inner Barber Sands, while the wind was blowing very hard from the south.
A Caister yawl went off to her assistance, but although one of the...
Gyda
WINTERTON, NORFOLK.—The brig Gyda, of Swendsale, Norway, stranded half a mile north of this place on the 18th January. In consequence of the snowdrift it was found impossible to take the Edward BirKbeck Life-boat to the scene of the wreck on...
A Fishing Yawl
ST, ANDREWS.—A yawl returning from fishing in the bay on the 27th May found herself unable to enter the harbour owing to a heavy surf; she therefore anchoredabout half a mile from the pier. As the friends of the fishermen were anxious about...
Ring Dove
At about 1 A.M. on the 1st February, the Coast- guard called the Coxswain of the Life- boat Co-operator No. 2 and reported that a vessel was making signals of distress near the Bull Point. The Life-boat was at once launched, and proceeded...
Yacht Roulette
Shortly after 2 P.M. on the 12th April the Hoy lake Life-boat Hannah Fawsett Bennett was called out to the assistance of a small yawl yacht, the Roulette, of Hoylake, which became unmanageable when off Dover Point. The W.N.W. wind was very...
Rochfort
Shortly before midnight, on the 3rd April, in- formation reached the Coxswain of the Life-boat Eliza Avins, that a steamer was ashore on the west end of Plymouth Breakwater. The weather was fine, but it was considered advisable to send the...
A Steamer
MONTROSE, FORFARSHIRE. The No.
'2 Life-boat, Marianne Atherstone, performed an excellent service on the 26th March, resulting in the saving of four lives. About 5 o'clock a steamer was seen approaching the harbour,...
Some Fishing Crafts
On the 1st March, during a N.E. gale ac- ! companied by a heavy ground sea, in- ; formation was received that some of the fishing craft were in distress off' the j Head. The Life-boat at the No. 1 j station ...
Fiona
The sailing yacht Fiona, of Glasgow, when | out cruising near Coquet Island on the llth May, missed stays and stranded on the ' Coquet Steel.' A strong W. gale was blowing and the Life-boat Mary Andrew was launched to assist her. The...