LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Limecold
On the 9th January the steam trawler Limeicold of Grimsby, when outward bound, ran ashore on the north side of the " Black Middens." The motor Life-boat Henry Vernon proceeded to her assistance and brought up alongside the vessel....
Barfoun
14th October. The oil tanker Barfoun, of Stavanger, Norway, caught fire about forty miles E.S.E.
of Start Point, but was taken in tow by H.M.S. Wrestler before the life-boat could reach her.—Rewards, £21 25....
Fishing Cobles (1)
.—Four of the fishing-cobles belonging to Flamborough were overtaken by a strong S.E. gale and heavy sea whilst out fishing on the 14th December. Richard Chad wick, the Coxswain of the Life-boat, was in.
one of the boats,...
A Vessel (13)
MARCH 25TH. - HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND. A vessel had been reported signalling to the E.S.E., but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £15 7s. 6d.
Jane and Ellen
ABERSOCH.—On the11th November, at about 3 P.M., the schooner Jane and Ellen, Nefyn, which had parted from her anchors, was observed to show a signal of distress, having struck on a bank at the mouth of the river Soch, during a heavy gale...
Two Canoes
At 1.5 P.M. on the 21st June the coxswain was told by the coastguard that two canoes were in difficulties in Kessingland Bay, about two and a half miles S.S.W. of the south pier. A moderate southerly gale was blowing with a heavy sea. The...
Coronation, of London
On the 30th November, the schooner Coronation, of London, was observed' to strike on the Caister Shoal, or Inner Barber Sand, during a fresh breeze from. S.E. by E.
The beachmen went off in their yawl; but finding they...
Margaret Gunn
HUNA, CAITHNESS-SHIEE.—During a gale of wind from the W.S.W., and an exceedi ingly rough sea, on the 20th January, the Life-boat W.M.C. was launched, at 1 A.M., to the assistance of the fishing-boat Mar- garet Ounn, of Wick, which was in a...
Julien Marie
ST. IVES, CORNWALL.—The Life-boat James Stevens No. 10 was launched at 5.15 A.M., on the 5th February, while a strong gale was blowing from N.N.E., and proceeded to the brigantine, Julien Marie, of Auray, coal-laden from Swansea, bound for...
Petrel
BARMOUTH.—A small pleasure yacht, the Petrel, left Barmouth on the morning of the 27th July, with five gentlemen, lady, and two boatmen on board, for Aberystwyth, which was reached about 3.30 P.M., after a rough passage, however, part of the...