LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sisters
DROGHKDA.—On the 10th January the No. 2 Life-boat, John Suiter Charley, of this station, was launched to the assistance of the barque Sisters, of Sunderland, which vessel being driven in on the lee-shore of Bettystown strand came in contact...
Henry
SKEGNESS.—On the 8th March, during a strong N.W. gale and heavy sea, the schooner Henry, of Whitby, appeared to be in distress. The Skegness Life-boat Herbert Ingram at once went off to her, and placed 2 men on board, who assisted to get the...
The S.S. Dryad
ANSTRUTHER.—On the 9th November, the Admiral Fitzroy Life-boat rescued the crew, consisting of 4 men, from the s.s.
Dryad, of Glasgow. The vessel was on a voyage from Montrose to Campbeltown, with barley, and when near the...
Two Fishing Cobles
Two fishing-cobles, with three men in each, were observed making for this harbour at 2.30 P.M. on the 15th April.
A strong E. gale had suddenly sprung up, causing a heavy sea on the bar, and the boats were in great danger...
Ceres
BERWICK-ON-TWEED.—The barque Ceres, of Eonne, bound from Cronstadt for Berwick with a cargo of battens, in trying to enter the harbour, on the evening of the 24th August, struck on the bar and was driven by the heavy seas on Spittal Beach,...
The S.S. Beacon Light
RAMSGATE. — In response to signals from the Goodwin and Gull Light-vessels, the Life-boat Bradford, in tow of the steam-tug Aid, left the harbour at 10 P.M.
on the 30th January. The wind was blowing strongly from E.N.E.,...
Joseph Nicholson
PENZANCE.—On the 10th March while a whole gale was blowing from the E.
with snow and a heavy ground sea, the schooner Joseph Nicholson, of Newcastle, bound from Carnarvon for Norway with slate, dragged her anchors while...
Vibelia
CHAPEL, LINCOLNSHIRE.—While a strong breeze was blowing from S.E. to N.E. anda heavy sea was running, on the 8th of April, the schooner Vibelia, of and from Grimstadt for Boston, Lincolnshire, with a cargo of pit-poles and lumber, stranded...
Rug Making In Aid of the Institution
THE Honorary Secretary of the Branch at Cobham, Surrey, Miss Margaret Power, has very kindly -offered, in addition to the work which she is doing for the Branch, to make woollen hearth- rugs and slip-mats in aid of the Institu- tion's...
Category: Articles
The Motor Fishing Coble Brittania
At eight in the morning of 20th October the No. 2 Pulling and Sailing Life-boat Matthew Middlewood was launched in a moderate, but increasing, N.N.E. gale, with a heavy sea, as the motor fishing coble Brittania, of Flamborough, had not...