LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fraternity
RAMSGATE.—On the 2nd March, at 10.10 P.M., signal guns and rockets were fired by the Gull Lightship. The Vulcan steamtug and Bradford Life-boat went out, and were informed that a large flare light had been seen on the sands. They steered in...
Spider
RYE, SUSSEX. — The yacht Spider, of Ramsgate, brought up at 11.30 P.M. on the 2nd June, about a mile off Camber.
The wind was blowing strongly from the E.N.E., and the vessel was lying too near the shore, so that on the...
Seven Fishing Cobles
During a strong gale on the 10th March the : Newbiggin Life-boat, William Hopkinson of : Brigliouse, was launched to the assistance i of seven fishing cobles, which had been overtaken by the storm which had sud- i denly sprung up,...
Edith, of Lowestoft
DOVER.—On the 12th March, at 6 A.M., when blowing hard at E., the sloop Edith, of Lowestoft, with a crew of 10 men, and remained aground. The wind and sea increasing, at 8.30 the Life-boat Royal Wiltshire was launched to her assistance, and...
Gem, of Eyemouth
NORTH SUNDERLAND.— On the 24th August the Life-boat Joseph Anstice was launched to the assistance of the fishing vessel Gem, of Eyemouth, which had got ashore near that port during a strong breeze and heavy sea. The Life-boat, by timely...
Fishing Boats
PETERHEAD, SCOTLAND.—The People's Journal No. 1 Life-boat was launched at noon on the 5th of January, 1886, some of the boats engaged in the haddock fishery having been overtaken by a strong gale of wind from the N.E. and. a heavy sea....
Zulu, of Poole
POOLE.—On the 23rd January intelligence was received that the steam-launch Zulu, of Poole, anchored in Studland Bay, was signalling for assistance, and that if the wind freshened she would probably be driven ashore. At 1.15 P.M. the reserve...
Procure and Quest
During the afternoon of the 5th November the sea increased rapidly, and when the motor fishing yawls Procure and Quest, of Banff, inward bound, appeared in the bay, it was breaking very heavily across the harbour bar. A moderate S.S.E....
Fishing Cobles
Filey, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 15th of January, 1954, seven local fishing cobles were at sea in very bad weather, and at 10.35 the life-boat The Isa & Penryn Milsted was launched to escort them in. The sea was rough, with a...
Portuguese Life-Boat Disaster
THREE members of the crew of one of the Portuguese life-boats lost their lives early in November, 1960, after they had helped fourteen local fishing boats to safety at Vianna in Northern Portugal.
The life-boat capsized...
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