LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Steamer
At 7.50 A.M. on 20th May a message was received from the Coastguard Station that the Kentish Knock Lightship had reported a large steamer ashore on the Knock Sands, but that she was not making a distress signal. Communica- tion was...
An Aeroplane (1)
23rd April.
An aeroplane fell into the sea, but the services of the life-boat were not required.—Rewards, £6 6s. (See also Shoreboat Services, page 115.).
Queen Mab
BRANCASTER, NORFOLK. — A telegram was received from the coastguard reporting a vessel in distress ofi Bnrnham Flats, on the 19th March, and as she was showing a signal for help the Life-boat Alfred S. Qenth put off to her assistance, at 1.45...
A Boat
HOLYHEAD.—A telephone message having been received from the Breakwater Lighthouse stating that a boat, containing one man, was drifting across Church Bay and was evidently in need of assistance, on the llth June, the coxswain of the...
Plouer
About 1 P.M. on the 29th June, during a whole N. by E.
gale, information reached Margate that a ketch was in distress off Reculvers.
With considerable difficulty owing to the heavy surf breaking on the...
Glide
At about 4.45 P.M. on the 8th January a flare was observed E.N.E. of the Harbour from a schooner riding about a mile off.
The Life-boat crew were summoned and the Life-boat Mary Isabella was quickly alongside the schooner,...
A Small Boat
At 3.45 P.M., on the 25th April, the Coastguard reported that a small boat had capsized off Whitmore Bay, and two men were clinging to her. The Life-boat, John Wesley, was smartly launched, and, in tow of a tug, pro- ceeded to the capsized...
Cimbri
At about 7.30 A.M. on the 30th January the Second Coxswain of the Life-boat James Stevens No. 9 received a message stating that a schooner was ashore on the west end of the Nore Sands. As a strong E. by S. wind was blowing, with a rough sea,...
Whelk Boats
The whelk boats belonging to Sheringham left for the fishing grounds at about 6 o'clock in the morning on the 8th April. The weather was then fine, with a moderate wind and a moderately smooth sea.
About 8 o'clock...
A Small Boat
Whilst the motor Life-boat, which has been sent very recently to Sunderland, was out for exercise on the 21st June, the Coxswain observed a small boat about three and a half miles off the port show- ing signals of distress. He immediately...