LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Florence Mary
A fishing-dandy was seen, daring a break in a thick fog at 10 A.M. on the 16th June, stranded on the North Scroby Sand. A strong breeze was blowing at the time from the 8., and there was a rough sea. The No. 2 Life-boat Godsend proceeded to...
A Yacht and Two Barges
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—On the 2nd June, 1938, the motor life-boat, as reported on page 551 of The Life-boat for October, rescued seven people from a yacht and two barges, and the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum was awarded to...
Euclase
Wick, Caithness-shire.—At 7.28 on the morning of the 22nd of September, 1955, the coastguard rang up to say that the steam trawler Euclase, of Granton, had run ashore at Noss Head in dense fog. At 7.50 the life- boat City of Edinburgh was...
Speedwell
On receipt of a message on the morning of the 1st July, stating that a yacht was aground on the West Hoyle Bank, the Life-boat Admiral Briggs was launched at 11.45, and on reaching the vessel found she was the Speedwell, cutter-rigged, of...
Civil Service Life-Boat Fund
IT is with the greatest regret that we have to record the death of Mr. H.
Fineham, I.S.O., who was Honorary Secretary of the Civil Service Life-boat Fund from February 1906 to June 1914. Mr. Fincham, who was inspired with...
Category: Obituaries
Ladas
The Life-boat was called out on the 19th December to the assistance of the trawler Ladas, of Grimsby, which had stranded at Marske.
When the Life-boat first reached the vessel the master declined any assist- ance and the...
Staithes
During a thick fog on the llth September signals of distress were seen in the direction of the Cowbar Steel. One of the cobles put off, but found that it was not pos- sible to approach the vessel which had stranded on the Steel. She returned...
Clara
During a strong W.S.W. gale and heavy sea on the 15th October signals of distress were seen on the French schooner Clara, and about the same time a tug reported that the Life-boat was required. The Coxswain of the Life-boat Charlie Medland...
Ivy Leaf and Edward and Ada
The Life-boat Charles Hargrave was launched in a strong N.W. by W. gale and heavy sea to the assistance of several of the local fishing-boats, which had been overtaken, when at sea, on the afternoon of the 20th December. The boats Ivy Leaf...
Watch
On the 28th April the Life-boat Beauchamp was again called out.
yawl had been employed to assist getting the brigantine Watch, of Hull, off the Middle Cross Sand, where she had stranded in very thick weather. The state of...