LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Princess May
At 6 A.M. on the 4th February a telephone message was received stating that a ship was burning flares as a signal of distress close to the headland. With all haste the No. 2 Life-boat Matthew Middleuood was launched and proceeded to her.<...
Evening Star
On the 22nd August at 2.40 P.M. the Coastguard ob- served a flat ashore on the East Hoyle Bank with a signal of distress, flying.
The crew of the Life-boat Hannah Fawsett Bennett were promptly assembled and the boat...
Nautilus
At 3.50 P.M. on the 26th February a boat was seen, with a coat lashed to her mast as a signal of distress, and on further observation it was seen that the occupants were waving their hats and making other signals to show that they wanted...
Luz
Information was received from the coastguard at 3.30A.M.
on the 23rd December that a vessel in the Roads was burning flares for assist- ance. The crew of the No. 1 Life- boat Eliza Harriet were promptly assembled, and the...
Strathbeg
About 11.30 P.M. on the 18th January, the Coxswain of the Life-boat was informed by the Coastguard that a telephone message had been received reporting a vessel ashore at Scotston Head.
The crew were at once summoned and...
Alnwick
PWLLHELI, CARNARVONSHIRE. — A schooner was seen to be dragging her anchors and drifting rapidly towards St.
Patrick's Causeway, while a moderate gale was blowing from the N.W., with terrific squalls and a heavy sea, on...
Fishing Boats (2)
BOULMER, CULLERCOATS, NORTH SUNDERLAND, SCARBOROUGH, and TYNEMOUTH.— On the 7th January a sudden gale sprung up accompanied by a high sea, and between 9.30 A.M. and 4.45 P.M. five Lifeboats —the Meliscent, stationed at Boulmer, the...
The S.S. Ida
PALLING.—A vessel having been discerned ashore on the Hasborough Sand with a signal of distress flying during squally weather and a heavy sea on the 28th July, the No. 2 Life-boat Hearts of Oak was launched at 2 P.M., and found the stranded...
Christina
On the 17th February, the schooner Christina, of Timmel, bound from Shields for Teignmouth, with coal, was observed ashore on the Hasborough Sands. The Life-boat Hearts of Oak was launched at 10 A.M., in a very heavy sea, the wind blowing a...
Oneida
On the 24th April signals of distress were shown by the yawl Oneida, of Sennen Cove, which had left Padstow in the morning intending to pick up her nets which she had left in the bay on the previous evening. When she started, the wind was...