LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Fishing Boat
EXMOUTH, DEVON.—A fishing boat which had proceeded to sea in favourable weather early in the morning of the 24th March, was overtaken by a strong gale from S.S.W., and as the sea became very heavy accompanied by a very thick rain,...
Khedive
PALUNO, NORFOLK.—At 11 o'clock on the morning of the, 21st July, during squally weather and a heavy eea, a barque was observed aground on the Hasborough Sand. The No. 2 Life-boat, the British Workman, was launched and proceeded to the...
Vanguard
NORTH SUNDERLAND.—The steam trawler Vanguard, of Sunderland, was seen near the outer Fame Island making signals of distress, during squally weather, at about 2 P.M. on the 1st April. As the sea was too heavy for ordinary boats to put off,...
Anne Gill
On the following morning the Life-boat went to the assistance of the stranded schooner, Anne Gill, of and for Goole, from London, laden with wheat. Her crew had launched their own boat, and two men had got into her, but she broke adrift and...
Darling
NEW BRIGHTON.—On the morning of the 19th May, signal rockets being fired by the light-ship and coast-guard station, the Willie and Arthur Life-boat put off at 2 o'clock, and proceeded in tow of a steam-tug to Taylor's Bank, where the...
Sarah
SCARBOROUGH.—On the 8th May the fishing coble Sarah, of this port, which had gone out at about 3 A.M., was caught in a gale from the E.S.E, which subsequently sprang up, and at about 8.30 she was seen making for the harbour. The sea had...
Allison
RYE.—On the morning of the 14th January, the brig Allison, of Whitby, stranded near Jury's. Gap during a strong S.S.W. wind and heavy sea. The crew were then in no danger, and it was hoped that the vessel would get off with the rising...
Elizabeth
WINTERTON, NORFOLK.—On the morning of the 21st March the ketch Elizabeth, of Goole, was observed about half-a-mile from the shore running straight for the beach in a strong N.E. breeze and a heavy sea. The crew of the No. 1 Life-boat Edward...
A Pilot Boat
RUNSWICK.—At about 4 P.M. on the 7th Apiil a pilot boat was seen making for the shore. A heavy gea was then breaking on the bar, and the boat would evidently run considerable danger in attempting to cross it. It was therefore decided to take...
Warree
MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.—The Life-boat Star of Hope, was launched at 11.15 A.M.
on the 27th January, in a strong gale from the S.W. and a heavy sea, to the assistance of the .brigantine Warree, of and from Dundalk for Liverpool,...