LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
K. Ktistakis
At 9.35 A.M. on the 25th March the coastguard telephoned that a steamer was ashore on the Good- wins, two miles W.S.W. of East Goodwin light-vessel. The motor life- boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 2) was launched at 9.50 A.M. and...
Irish Leader
On the evening of the 23rd April the coast watcher at Curracloe telephoned that a boat, about one mile south of Curracloe, was flying distress signals. A westerly gale was blowing, a very heavy sea was running, and it was raining. The motor...
Fishing Boats
Gourdon, Kincardineshire. — On the morning of the 7th September the majority of the local fishing fleet put to sea. Later rain began to fall and the strong S.E. to E. breeze gradually increased until at noon half a gale was blowing. A heavy...
Congress Bell and Nancy
Wicklow.—On the afternoon of the 29th September a pilot reported to the coxswain that two fishing boats, about a mile east of Five Mile Point, were flying signals of distress. A strong S.S.W. breeze was blowing, with a heavy sea. The motor...
Fishing Boats (2)
O 11 the morning of the 3rd November the local fishing fleet was out and was over- taken by bad weather. The sea rose rapidly, and at 9.15 A.M. a whole S.S.E.
gale was blowing, with a rough sea.
As the...
Gipsy Queen
On the morning of the 13th February, the local motor fishing boat Gipsy Queen, with two men on board, went out sprat-fishing off Fairlight Glen. Her engine broke down; she began to drift; and the men signalled for help. A moderate...
Bessie
NEW BRIGHTON.—The chief officer of coastguard at Blundell Sands reported by telegraph that a steam flat was stranded on Seaforth Beach, on the 5th August.
The vessel was also observed from New Brighton. The steam Life-boat...
Christiana Davis
The schooner Christiana Davis, of Barrow, whilst bound, on 4th March, from [ Queenstown to the Bristol Channel, with a cargo of superphosphate, stranded in Tramore Bay. This occurred shortly before midnight, and the Life-boat Henley was...
Lark
In a strong E.S.E. gale, thick weather, and very choppy sea, on the 13th'December, the steam trawler Lark, belonging to Hull, and bound for that port with a load of fish, stranded on the rocks about five miles north of Flamborough Head...
Roe Cliff
TROON.—A terrific gale of wind from W. to N.W. suddenly sprung] up on the morning of the 1st November, and while the storm was at its height the schooner Roe Cliff, of Skene, bound from Porsgrund, Norway, for Troon, with a cargo of deals and...