LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Cobles (4)
On the morning of the 26th December, twelve of the fishing cobles proceeded to the fishing ground at about 4.30 A.M.
A little before ten o'clock a very heavy S.E. wind arose, and the sea increased, making the landing...
Andri
Runswick, and Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the evening of the 25th January the steam trawler Andri, of Eskifjordur, Iceland, carrying a crew of twenty-five, and bound with fish for Grimsby, ran ashore at Kelder Steel, Kettleness. A moderate S.E....
Oneida
On the 24th April signals of distress were shown by the yawl Oneida, of Sennen Cove, which had left Padstow in the morning intending to pick up her nets which she had left in the bay on the previous evening. When she started, the wind was...
None (4)
Swimming cow saved Crew members at Douglas lifeboat station, Isle of Man, have received a certificate of commendation from the RSPCA following their rescue of a cow, which had got stuck in a rocky cove at the bottom of a...
None (5)
On the morning of the 2nd April it was reported that two young men, who had set out on the previous afternoon to explore the cliffs and caves at Studland, had not been seen since. Passenger steamers plying between Swanage and Bourne- mouth...
Agnes
WINTERTON, NORFOLK.—In a strong S.W. breeze on the 16th March the schooner Agnes, of Faversham, stranded near the Cockle Light-vessel. A yawl put off to her assistance, but on arrival signalled for more help. In response, the Life-boat...
Lifeboat Services
MKDAUJS IS SHOVVKI) 'BRAVKRV AM) KXPKKTISK Sailor rescued as yacht is driven on to lee shore The coxswain and helmsman of Whitby's two lifeboats, the 44ft Waveney White Rose of Yorkshire and the D class inflatable Gwynaeth, have both...
Category: Services
Excel (1)
On 28th to 29th October, the night following the service of the St. Mary's Life-boat, the gales reached their worst, striking with special violence on the coast of North Wales and Lancashire.
That night nine Life-boats...
Spinal Board
DonnchúWhen a climber was seriously injured in a fall at Aberdour on 9 February, Kinghorn’s Atlantic 75 lifeboat Frederick Robertson was on the scene within 15 minutes. The crew requested the help of an RAF helicopter to get the man...
Category: Articles
Sterry and Robert Henry
The same Life-boat was launched about 11.15 P.M., on the 9th March, inresponse to flares shown in Margate Roads by the steam launch Sterry, of Lowestoft, bound to Penzance with coal, which was found riding to her anchor in about four fathoms...