LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Edith Crossfield
Shortly after mid-clay on the 25th May the Chief Officer of Coastguard reported tbat he had just received a telegram from Swansea, stating that the captain of the s.s. Tyne had reported a ship- wrecked crew on the North Bishop's Rock....
Shamrock
— Soon after 1 P.M. on the 27th June, the Coxswain of the Life-boat was called, and in- formed by telephone that a fishing smack was aground on the Cross Ridge.
The sea was rough and a strong N.E.
breeze...
Marys
During a moderate S.S.W. gale on the 5th January, a report was received that the fishing-boat Marys, belonging to Ballantrae, which was expected back at Port Patrick by mid-day, had not returned. The weather at the time was threatening and...
Anglo American
At 5.35 P.M. on the 12th January, during a fierce N.E.
gale, the Coastguard reported that a vessel was ashore near the Reculvers.
The crew of the No. 1 Life-boat Eliza Harriett were summoned and the boat...
Winstanley
At 1.50 A.M. on the 1st April, during a dense fog, it was reported that the Gull Light-vessel was firing guns and rockets.
The Charles and Susanna Stephens at once proceeded to sea in tow of the tug, but at 4 A.M. the fog...
Faith
At 7.45 P.M. on 15th February a steamer's syren was heard blowing continuously, and an enquiry on the telephone elicited from the Coastguard that a vessel was showing signals off Belhelvie. The Life- boat James Stevens No. 19 was at once...
Francis Roberts
About 3 o'clock in. the afternoon on the 15th February, whilst the Life-boatmen were attending the funeral of the celebrated Life-boat veteran, James Haylett, the author of the famous phrase, " Caister men never turn back," the...
J. M. J.
APPLEDORE, NORTH DEVON.—Signals of distress having been observed, the Lifeboat Jane Hannah MacDonald was launched at 8.20 P.M. on the 20th January in a moderate S.W. wind, a heavy sea, and thick weather. The schooner J. M. J., of Bideford,...
Amateur Life-Boatman's Gallantry
WHILE the engineers of the Institution were engaged in constructing the new launching Slipway at Porthdinllaen, in Carnarvonshire, for the Motor Life-boat which was sent to that Station in March last, the foreman in charge of the works Mr. T...
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Johanne
At 8.40 P.M. on the 1st November the Coastguard reported that a message had been received from the North Goodwin Light- vessel stating that a vessel was ashore, and at about the same time another message was received by wireless tele- graph...