LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Hartley, of Southampton,
On the 24th of September, at 11 P.M., the brig Hartley, of Southampton, went on shore on the south end of the Goodwin sands, the wind blowing a strong gale from the S.W. at the time. At 1-40 A. si. alarm guns and rockets were observed on...
Hannah and Joseph
LLANDDWYN, ANGLESEY.—On the 25th June the Life-boat John Gray Bell was launched to the assistance of the schooner Hannah and Joseph, of Liverpool, ashore on Carnarvon bar, which vessel, after some hours' hard work on the part of the...
Saraca
SELSEY, SUSSEX.—The Four Sisters Lifeboat was launched about 5 P.M. on the 13th November to the aid of the barque Saraca, of Glasgow, which had stranded on the Outer Owers during a moderate gale of wind from the E. and a very heavy sea. The...
Nellie
HOLYHEAD.—Signals of distress were seen in the bay during a whole gale of wind from the 8.S.W., at 9.30 P.M. on the 23rd January. The Thomas Fielden Lifeboat proceeded out, and found that the brig Lewis, of Carnarvon, had dragged her anchor...
Success
BODIMIB, NOBTHTJMBEBLAND.— At 1.30 A.M. on the 26th October the Robin Hood of Nottingham Life-boat put off and rescued the crew, consisting of four men, from the brig Success,of Sunderland, bound from that port for Arbroath with a cargo of...
Elizabeth and Ant
On the 2nd and 3rd December, the Herbert Ingram life- boat went out during a strong gale, in reply to signals of distress from the schooner Eliza- beth, of Louth, and the sloop Ant, of Boston.
She brought ashore the captain...
Filatore, of Genoa
Again, on the 16th Nov., this Life-boat saved the crew of 10 men from the barque Fttatore, of Genoa, which was lost on the Middle Cross Sand, during a gale at N.N.E.
This service was one of extreme peril, and the Life-boat...
Sarah, of Strangford
On the 22nd October the Life-boat Charles and Mar- garet Eyerton went out from this station in a moderate N.W. gale, and rescued the crew of 4: men from the schooner Sarah, of Strangford, which was totally wrecked.
The Life...
Danube
BROADSTAIRS.—At 4.45 A.M. on the 29th May, the Life-boat Francet Forbes Barton was launched and proceeded to the brig Danube, of Whitby, coal laden from Shields for Dover, which was stranded on the N. Goodwin Sands. A N.N.W. wind was blowing...
Two Cobles
It was a some- what stormy evening on the 30th April, and in consequence only two cobles put to sea. The E.N.E. wind was light but the sea was heavy, and towards nightfall became heavier; the Coxswain therefore launched the Life-boat to...