LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
John C Wade of Newry
On the- 29th April, the schooner John 0. Wade, of Newry, was stranded off Troon Harbour, N.B. It was blowing a heavy N.W. gale at the time.
The Glasgow Workmen's life-boat put off, and, after some difficulty, succeeded...
Brothers
CAISTER NORFOLK.—On the 1st Deiember the No. 2 Life-boat, the Godsend, was launched at 6.30 P.M., and rendered some assistance to the schooner Brothers, Harwich, which had stranded on the Middle Barber Sand. The vessel ultimately floated,...
Katerina
STONEHAVEN—On the 19th October the Life-boat Star, stationed here, took off the crew of 4 men of the Prussian schooner Katerina, which had anchored in a dangerous position close to the rocks off the port..
Octavia
FRASERBURGH.—On the 19th November the Life-boat Charlotte, in conjunction with a steam-tug, was the means of saving the barque Octavia and her crew, and conveying her safely to Cromarty. The wind was S.S.E. at the time, with a very heavy sea...
An Aeroplane
27th June. An aero- plane crashed into the sea, killing the pilot. His body was recovered by the life-boat. The Air Council wrote thanking the Institution for the life- boat's services.—Rewards, £5 17s. 6d..
Belarita and Mionne
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—At 6.35 oil the evening of the 26th of December, 1953, a man at Jethou reported that the local fishing boat Belarita, which had engine trouble, had left for St.
Sampson's in tow of the motor...
A Meteor Aircraft
Margate, Kent, and Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 1.30 on the afternoon of the 21st of January, 1954, the Margate coastguard told the Margate life-boat station that No. 19 Group R.A.F. at Plymouth had reported that a Meteor aircraft had crashed...
Sarah Ann
On the 6th September the fishing boat Sarah Ann, of Hoylake, returning from the fishing grounds, ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank. As the weather was threatening, it was decided to take out the Life-boat Admiral Briggs, and at 7.35 P.M....
Savourna
During the local regatta which was held on the the 29th July, the S.W. wind freshened to a moderate gale and the sea became rough and heavy. Several of the com- peting boats found the seas too much and had to retire. The yacht Savourna, when...
Fishing Cobles (1)
FILEY.—Six fishing cobles which had gone out on the morning of the 15th April being overtaken by a heavy sea, the Life-boat Hollon the Second was launched at 2 P.M., when the boats came in sight, passed lifebelts on board them, and escorted...