LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Fish Steamer Fulmar
On the morniag of the 16th February the fish-steamer Fulmar, of Wexford, was observed ashore on the Dogger Bank.
The wind was moderate, but the sea was rough, due to the strong S.S.W.
gale of the previous...
The S.S. Jacinth
SUNDERLAND (SotTTH Pl*B>—The S.S.
Jacinth,* of Dundee, in ballast from Montrose for Sunderland, in making for the south entrance, on the night of the 2nd March, struck on the South Beacon rocks and was badly holed. The...
Cecilia
At 3.30 P.M.
information was received that a vessel was flying signals of distress, and the crew of the Life-boat Charles Whiiton were assembled and the boat proceeded to sea in a heavy W.N.W. gale. When two miles S. by E....
A Vessel
Shortly after 5 A.M. j on the 1st November signals of distress were observed from the Gull Light- vessel, and the Life-boat Charles D.ibdin was launched. A heavy sea was running at the time. When the boat reached the Light-vessel they...
Fanny
The ketch Fanny, of Bideford, stranded on the Leys Reef, off Green Lane Cove, on the even- ing of the 23rd July, during a thick fog. Information reached the Life-boat authorities between 9 and 10 o'clock, and the Life-boat Admiral Sir...
Langton Grange
The steamer Langton Grange, of London, a vessel of upwards of nine thousand tons register, belonging to the Houlder Line, stranded during a dense fog on the 5th August on the North Bishop Rocks.
Her signals of distress were...
Tradesman and Masterman
Penlee, Cornwall.—About one o'clock on the afternoon of the llth of Novem- ber, 1950, the coastguard reported an S.O.S. message from the tug Tradesman.
The tug Masterman, of Falmouth, at anchor in Mounts Bay with a crew...
THE FIRST 'specialist holiday' long weekend for lifeboat enthusiasts, held at Skidden House Hotel in March, proved to be a great success.
THE FIRST 'specialist holiday' long weekend for lifeboat enthusiasts, held at Skidden House Hotel in March, proved to be a great success. The party visited St Ives, Sennen Cove, Lizard- Cadgwith and Penlee lifeboat stations, meeting... - View image in PDF
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Idaho, of Bath U.S.
Early on the morning of the 13th Jan. intelligence was received that a vessel was shewing signals of distress off this place. On the Life-boat Alfred and'Ernest being taken to the spot it was found that the ship Idaho, of Bath, U.S.,...
A Boat (3)
NOVEMBER 10TH. - FALMOUTH, CORNWALL.
Just before seven in the evening a message was received from the representative of a salvage company which was engaged in breaking up the wreck of the S.S. Marie Chandris, off Amsterdam...