LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Union (1)
At 1 P.M. on the 4th December Coxswain Green observed a schooner in distress off Great Yar- mouth, she having parted from her anchors during a strong S.S.W. gale.
The Life-boat Hugh Taylor was launched and proceeded to the...
Thomas Stratton
POINT OF AYR.—The dandy Thomas Stratton, of Maldon, bound from Swansea for Mostyn, laden with burnt ore, stranded on the West Hoyle Bank in a strong breeze from N.W., and a choppy, breaking sea on the 23rd July. She commenced to leak, and...
Demarius
GRIMSBY.—On the 7th January, notice having been received that the services of the Life-boat were required, the steam Life-boat James Stevens No. 3 left the harbour at 3.40 A.M., and proceeded to the schooner Demarius, of Goole, bound from...
Imogene & Harmony
Very heavy '.
seas accompanied a whole S.W. gale on the 15th March, and soon after daylight signals were observed from two vessels in the roads. The steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland was immediately ordered out and...
Kingfisher, Morning Star and S. B. Colling
Three local fishing cobles, Kingfisher, Morning Star and S. B. Colling, went out crabbing on the morning of the 10th February. Shortly afterwards the sea became rough and the motor life-boat Herbert Joy II was launched to their help. A...
A Sailing Dinghy
On the evening of the 24th September a message was re- ceived from the lighthouse-keeper on Ross Island that a sailing dinghy with two men had gone ashore on Richard- son's Rock, which is between Ross Island and the mainland. The men had...
Cairn Glen
On the evening of the 23rd March a telephone message was received from Wick coastguard that the steamer Cairn Glen, of New- castle, was ashore at Huna. She was bound with a general cargo to New- castle, from Halifax. The motor life- boat...
Sangarius
Buckie, Banffshire.—On the afternoon of the 26th January the steam trawler Sangarius, of Aberdeen, signalled to the coastguard for a doctor. A gale was blowing from the S.E., with a heavy swell and snow. At 3.15 P.M.
the...
Escape, of Belfast
Portrush, Co. Antrim.—During the afternoon of the 8th August, the sailing yacht Escape, of Belfast, with two men on board, left Portrush for her home port. There was very little wind and she began to drift towards the dangerous Skirk rocks....
The Humber Lightvessel
The Humber, Yorkshire.—At 7.45 P.M.
on the 17th December, 1937, the lifeboat watchman reported two rockets in a south-easterly direction. A strong N.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea, and squalls of rain and sleet.<...