LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Anapira
HAETLEPOOI.— On the otfa December the schooner Anapira, of Newburgfa, was observed about seven miles E.N.E. of Hartlepool. At the time a, most severe gale was raging, accompanied by sleet showers and a heavy sea. At 2.30 she was seen to put...
Oberscew
NORTH BERWICK.—The schooner Oberscew, from Dychling for Burntisland, laden with esparto grass, stranded on the rocks at Seacliff Point during a strong E.N.E.
breeze, a very rough sea and a thick fog on the 29th March. A...
Coronation, of London
On the 30th November, the schooner Coronation, of London, was observed' to strike on the Caister Shoal, or Inner Barber Sand, during a fresh breeze from. S.E. by E.
The beachmen went off in their yawl; but finding they...
Evelyn
At 11 P.M.
on the 14th January, during a strong S.W. gale with a heavy sea, signals of distress were observed from a vessel about two miles to the E. of Caldy Island. The Life - boat William and Mary Devey was promptly...
Cruser and Raven
About half-past four on the 7th July two small yawl-rigged yachts, the Cruiser and Raven, were observed by Holy Island fishermen to be running south before the wind off Berwick.
About 7 P.M. it was seen that these vessels...
Jeune Arthur
WINCHELSEA, SUSSEX.—On the morning of the 19th January, during the prevalence of a whole gale and heavy sea, the cutter Jeune Arthur, of Cherbourg, bound from Dunkirk for Granville, was observed making for the land under forestaysail and jib...
Birda
PADSTOW, CORNWALL.—Shortly after noon on Sunday, the 1st March, it was reported that the steam trawler Birda, of Milford, was on the "Doombar" with the sea washing right over her. Rockets were at once fired, and while the crew were...
Lifeboat Wireless Programme
MK. EDGAR H. JOHNSON, the District Organizing Secretary for the North of England, arranged a special programme for the British Broadcaatmg Corporation, called " My Life-boat Programme," which, on. 4th May, was broadcast from the...
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Queen Margaret
On the 5th May, in a moderate breeze and smooth sea, the barque Queen Margaret, of Glasgow, stranded on a submerged reef of rocks to the south of the Lizard.
The vessel was a large four-masted barque of nearly 2,000 tons,...
Inverurie
At 11.30 A.M. on the 15th November a tele- phone message was received stating that a barque was in a dangerous position to the south of Donaghadee, and in need of assistance. The Motor Life-boat William and Laura was promptly dispatched to...