LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

At 6 P.M. on the 29th November it was reported that a steamer was ashore on the bar at the entrance to Newhaven Harbour. There was a moderate gale blowing and the tide was low; it was realized therefore that the steamer must be in a...

Whilst the schooner Waterlily, of Barnstaple, was riding at anchor in St. Tudwall's Roads on the 4th December she parted her starboard chain during a S.S.W. gale which sprung up, and made signals of distress. The Life-boat Old'kam...

Six of the fishing- boats which had put to sea on. the 28bb.

December were overtaken by a whole S.W. gale and heavy sea. The Life-boat Harmar was launched to their assistance and fell in with one of the boats named the...

A northerly gale of exceptional severity sprang up with the suddenness—it is reported—of a "clap of thunder," and the Life-boat Queensbury was called out to assist some cobles in distress, but as help reached them from another...

The crab boat Mistletoe, of Clovelly, went off to haul the pots in the early morning of the 4th May, and when returning was overtaken by a gale. Men went to see if the boat could be seen, but it was not until 2 P.M. that it was reported that...

At 6.55 P.M. on the 17th April the coastguard at Kinnaird Head telephoned that a motor boat was on fire off Rosehearty, and that the crew appeared to be taking to their small boat. The motor life-boat Lady Rothes was launched at 7 P.M., in...

On the morning of the 24th November the coastguard tele- phoned that a vessel was ashore at West Runton. The sea was smooth, but there was a dense fog. The motor life-boat H. F. Bailey was launched at 11.30 A.M. She found the motor barge...

Humber, Yorkshire.—At about 3.40 A.M. on the 30th August the life-boat watchman reported a vessel ashore on the Inner Binks, but not in immediatedanger. A light breeze was blowing, with a smooth sea. The motor life-boat City of Bradford II...