LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Charlie Blackwood
DONNANOOK, LINCOLNSHIRE.—At 4.45 A.M. on the 18th December, the Lifeboat Richard was launched, flares having been reported to have been shown by a vessel between the Sand Hale and the Rose Sand. The wind was blowing from the N.W., and the...
Avenir
SOUTHEND, ESSEX.—During a strong gale from the S.W. and a rough sea on the 2nd September the brig Avenir, of and for Krageroe, Norway, from London, in ballast, parted both her anchors and drifted on1 to the Maplin Sands. The No. 1 Life-boat...
Venus (1)
SOUTHEND AND CLACTON-ON-SEA.
Signal guns having been fired by the lightships on the evening of the 10th October, the No. 2 Life-boat Theodore and Herbert put off from Southend and the Albert Edward Life-boat was launched...
The S.S. Baroi
PORTHDINLLAEN.—On the 10th April, at 9.30 P.M., during a heavy gale from E.S.E., the s.s. Baroi, of Newcastle, anchored outside the proper roadstead in Porthdinllaen Bay. The wind afterwards shifted to E.N.E., and a heavier sea sprung up,...
Wild Rose
REDCAR.—The Life-boat Brothers was launched for exercise at 2.15 P.M. on the 23rd June, 1892, in a moderate gale from the N. by E. and a rough sea, and, while under sail, the coble Wild Rose, of Eedcar, was seen, about two miles to leeward,...
Pomona
On the 10th February, at 7.30 A.M, the No. 2 Life-boat Hearts of Oak was launched to a steamer which had been in collision with another vessel and was proceeding southward. On arriving alongside, the master stated that he was not in need of...
Axel
COURTOWN.—It having been reported that a barque was flying signals of distress, the Life-boat Three Sisters put off at 8 A.M. on the 30th September, in strong N.E. breeze and a moderate sea.
On reaching the vessel, which...
Hobah
GROOMSPORT, IRELAND. — The ketch.
Hobah, of and for Falmouth, from Glasgow, laden with coal, ran ashore between Ballycormick Point and Groomspoit •whilsttrying to obtain shelter daring stormy weather on the 20th September....
Fishing Cobles
The cobles were off fishing on the 2nd April in a E.N.E. breeze when the sea commenced to grow and rendered their return very dangerous. In the absence of the coxswain with the fishermen, the signal- man of the Life-boat James Oowland very...
Fishing Cobles (1)
Five of the small fishing cobles were overtaken by a strong N.E. gale when out for the purpose of obtaining their crab pots on the 17th March. They at once aban- doned their fishing and returned to port.
The weather was...