LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Upton Castle
The 1 steam trawler Upton Castle ran on to i the rocks off Cresswell about 3 A.M.
The vessel's signal for assistance was heard, and the Life-boat Martha was made ready for launching. The launch was only accomplished...
Rosco
On the llth January a telephone message was received from the Coastguard stating that a vessel was ashore opposite the Saltfleet Coastguard station. A thick fog prevailed at the time, with a moderate breeze and choppy sea. The crew of the...
Brothers
The steam drifter Brothers, of Lowestoft, stranded on the north part of Corton Sands when bound for the fishing grounds on the £0th May. A fresh breeze was blowing from S.E. with a moderate sea and the weather was hazy. The Coastguard...
The Three-Masted Steamer Victoria
— On the 28th November, the three-masted steamer Victoria, of Barnstaple, whilst bound from Hamburg to Bideford with a cargo of agricultural salt, stranded about three miles to the north of Mable- thorpe. In response to her signals of...
The Sisters
The James Stevens No. 9 Life-boat was called out by distress signals from the Nore Light- vessel at about 5.30 A.M. on the 8th February. On the arrival of the Life- boat the master at the Nore reported that he was repeating signals from the...
Fishing Cobles (1)
On the 12th December fourteen of the fishing cobles belonging to Newbiggin proceeded in the early morning to the fishing grounds. Shortly after 9.30 A.M.
a strong breeze from the west sprang up and increased to a strong...
Eileen
The Life-boat Charles Dibdin was launched, on 22nd July, in response to distress signals from the Gull Light-vessel and found the cutter yacht Eileen, of Brightlingsea, stranded on the North Goodwin Sands.
At the time of...
Ipswich
Early in the morning of the 1st October the Life- boat Docea Chapman was called out, during a moderate north-westerly breeze and moderately rough sea, to the assistance of the steam trawler Ipswich, of Grimsby, which was stranded near...
The S.S. Boston
The Life-boat Hollon the Third was launched at 7.30 P.M. on the 22nd December in response to a message from the Coastguard stating that a steamer was off the Brigg, down at the head .and apparently lowering her boats. A strong N.E. by E....
Jewess
CAHORE, Co. WEXFORD.—A messenger arrived at this Life-boat Station from Morris Castle, distant abont three Irish miles south, on the evening of the 17th May, and reported that a vessel was stranded on the Blackwater Bank. The Life-boat John...