LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
St Michael, of Harve
On the 18th September, the brig St. Michael, of Havre, was observed to anchor on the Crusader Sandbank, the tide being high at the time.
The wind was blowing very strong from W.S.W., with a high sea on. The Black- pool new...
Azela, of Blyth
On the following day a brig was seen burning tar-barrels very near the breakers on Yarmouth Beach, during a fresh wind from E. by S. The Yarmouth No. 2 Life- boat, the Duff, was at once taken to the spot, and, after much difficulty, was...
A Small Open Boat
On the 5th September at about 2.30 P.M. a small open boat with one occupant left the harbour to return to Helen's Bay.
The wind was blowing strongly from W.S.W. and increasing, whilst the sea was heavy; the boat was...
Amanda
On the after- noon of the 13th April the brigantine Amanda, of Newhaven, stranded a short distance from the St. Nicholas Light- vessel, and in response to guns from the latter the Life-boat John Bur eh was launched. When searching for the...
Gamester
At 11.40 A.M.
on the 17th May, the Coastguard reported that the Royal Sovereign light-vessel was making signals of distress, and the No. 1 Life-boat Olive was launched without loss of time. Shortly before reaching the light...
Briton
The Charles Dibdin Life-boat was launched at 10 P.M. on the llth November, during a whole northerly gale, to a vessel which was burning flares in the Downs off Deal. On reaching the vessel she proved to be the barge Briton, of London, with...
Magdala
The steamer Mag- dala, of Glasgow, whilst bound from New York to Rotterdam with a cargo of grain, stranded on the Goodwin Sands on the 22nd October. The steamer was a Belgian relief ship. She was seen to strike the sands and the Life-boat...
Jane and Ann
SCARBOROUGH.—The flshing-coble Jane and Ann, of Scarborough, was making for the harbour in a strong gale on the 28th April and as it was clear that she would encounter considerable danger in coming in, the sea being very heavy, the Life-boat...
Tavy
PADSTOW, CORNWALL.—The ketch Tavy, of Plymouth, entered the harbour at 7 P.M.
on the 14th February, but was unable to take a pilot owing to the rough weather, the wind blowing a whole gale from the S.E. and a very heavy sea...
Isle of Rona
Padstow, Cornwall.—At 4.45 on the afternoon of the 19th of August, 1956, the Trevose Head coastguard rang up to say that the Camelford police had reported a small sailing boat in diffi- culties near Tintagel Point. The no. 1 life-boat Joseph...