LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Albert William
ST. ANNE'S.—Signals having been shown, and a three-masted vessel having been observed on the Horse Bank, during a strong gale of wind from the N.W. and a very heavy sea, the Nora, Royds Lifeboat was launched at 10.20 A.M. on the 26th...
Fishing Boats (6)
BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.—A strong pale sprung up from the N.E. on the 27th February, accompanied by a heavy sea which broke right across the entrance to Cluny harbour. A fishing-lugger, whilst coming in, was struck by one of the heavy seas and...
Gladys
At 12.15 P.M.
on the 4th August the smack Gladys, of Lowestoft, was observed on the Bar- ber Sands, and the No. 2 Life-boat, Nancy Lucy was launched to assist her.
The wind was blowing strongly from the...
Jane
During a W.N.W. hurricane with sleet showers on the 22nd February a message was received from the Coastguard at Drummore stating that a vessel about half-a-mile to the east of the harbour was making signals of distress. The crew of the...
Bruces
At 8 P.M. on the 21st November the steam drifter Bruces, of Peterhead, bound from Yarmouth to Peterhead, stranded owing to hazy weather on the Beacon Rocks between the old harbour and the South Outlet. In response to her signals of distress...
Christiana Davies
On the 18th March, during a strong N.E. gale and a very heavy sea, the new Motor Life-boat John Taylor Cardwell was launched to the assistance of the schooner Christiana Davies, of Barrow. The vessel, whilst bound to Dublin with a cargo of...
Mannofield
The steam- trawler Mannofield, of Aberdeen, whilst bound to Aberdeen with a cargo, was obliged to anchor in Dunnet Bay owing to a shortage of coal. A heavy gale had prevailed for three days, and the sea was also heavy, and as the vessel was...
White Heather II and Welcome Home
ON the morning of 17th February last a number of fishing boats from Sheringham, on the coast of Norfolk, went out after whelks. Before they returned a heavy sea had got up, and the boats were in danger. A message was sent for the Motor...
Brethren and Gratitude
The fishing fleet put to sea early on the morning of the 7th April. Later the sea got up, and the pulling and sailing life-boat Jacob and Rachel Vallentine was launched at 11.25 A.M., to the help of three small motor cobles which had not...
Pennard Castle
On the after- noon of the 9th November seven men in a small boat from the steam trawler Pennard Castle, of Swansea, who had come ashore during the afternoon, tried to get back to the trawler. A strong north gale was blowing, with a heavy sea...