LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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...
Fishing Boats (3)
GOURDON.—Early on the morning of the 16th February fifty fishing - boats proceeded to sea, but in the forenoon the wind increased considerably, the sea became heavy and about twenty of the boats, which had not then returned to port, were in...
A Correction
WE deeply regret that in the last issue of The Lifeboat we incorrectly announced the death of one of our oldest Lifeboat workers, Mrs. Brandreth Gibbs, of Leigh-on-Sea, at the age of nearly ninety. The error was caused by the fact that we...
Category: Obituaries
A Rowing Boat
At 9.20 P.M.
on 15th May the Coastguard telephoned that four persons had put out in a rowing boat at three in the afternoon and that the boat had not returned and could not be seen. The crew of the Motor Life-boat William...
Life-Buoy Used to Simulate Man Overboard
This was one of the last exercises carried out by the Ferryside life-boat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Storm
Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 2.20 on the afternoon of the 29th of October, 1956, the coastguard telephoned that a message had been received that a small yacht appeared to be in need of help about a mile and a half east of Holland sluice. At...