LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Magnolia
BARMOUTH, NORTH WALES.-—At 10.25 M. on Sunday, the 14th of February, the Jories-GM Life-boat put off to the assistance of the ship Magnolia, of Yarmouth, N.S., bound from Norfolk, Virginia, for Liverpool, with a cargo of cotton, which had...
A Dandy Rigged Fishing Boat Star of Hope
On the 13th October, the No. 1 Lifeboat Edward BirTsbeck put off at 6 A.M., during a moderate to strong gale from the N,, and a heavy sea, a vessel having been observed ashore about two miles N.of Winterton. On reaching the vessel she was...
Volunteer
PENMON.—On the 6th January, 1897, the schooner Volunteer, of Dublin, laden with cement and matches, from London for Whitehaven, was observed aground on the rocks off Penmon, having dragged her anchors. A strong gale was blowing from the S.E....
Two Fishing Boats
Informa- tion reached Aranmore about 9 P.M. on the 2nd August that two fishing boats belonging to the place were in difficulties, and as there was a S.E. gale blowing, with a rough sea, the Life-boat La Totitam was launched and proceeded to...
Fishing Boats
At about 2 P.M. on the 4th March it was necessary to launch the Life-boat Tlieo- philus Sidney Echalaz for the protection of some of the fishermen in haddock and small crab boats, which were overtaken by a very heavy sea. To approach the |...
Mr. Benjamin Simons, of Sutton, Lincolnshire
By the death on 15th July, at the age of sixty-nine, of Mr. Benjamin Simons, of Sutton-on-Sea, Lincolnshire, the Institution has lost an honorary worker who has been associated with it for forty- three years. Mr. Simons was appointed...
Category: Obituaries
Golden Rule II and Dawn
The Motor Life- boat John and William Mudie was launched at 8.45 A.M. and again at 10.30 A.M. on 12th May, in a strong S.E. breeze with a very heavy sea and escorted into harbour the local fishing boats Golden Rule II. and Dawn.
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Star of Hope, Freda and Minnie
On the morning of the 1st May the local motor fishing cobles put out to haul crab pots. A moderate N. wind was blowing, with a considerable ground swell, and at 10.30 A.M. with the tide ebbing the sea broke heavily across the bay, making the...
An Aeroplane
29th July. An aeroplane was reported to have dived into the sea, but the life- boat found nothing.—Rewards, £15 17s..
Venus, Gallilee, Success, Pilot Me and Provider
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 15th March, 1939, five Whitby fishing vessels put to sea at 5 A.M. A strong N.N.E. wind was blowing, with a heavy broken sea. The sea increased and at 10 A.M. the No. 1 motor life-boat Mary Ann...