LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Fishing Coble
On the morning of the 4th December, the same Life-boat brought safely to land a fishing coble and her crew of four men, who had been caught in a gale from the E.S.E., and were in much peril..
Albert
NEWQUAY, CARDIGANSHIRE.—Daring a fresh gale from the N.E. on the 21st November, the Nelson Life-boat was launched, and brought into port the disabled brigantine Albert, of Carlisle, and her crew of 5 men..
Fishing Cobles
CULLERCOATS. — The Life - boat Cooperator No. I was launched at 11.30 A.M. and convoyed into harbour about twenty-five fishing-cobles, it being dangerous for the boats to attempt to cross the bar unattended, as a heavy sea was breaking on it...
Haldon
The Life-boat John Byburn was sent on 3rd March to the assistance of a vessel which had stranded on Ingal Skerry and was showing signals of distress.
A messenger reported at 10.30 A.M. that the vessel was on a dangerous...
Ocean and Queen's Jubilee
SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. — About 4.30 P.M. on the 15th April two fishermen reported that two cobles, engager! in crab-catching between four and five miles north-east of the Castle foot,were in danger owing to the strong sea and...
From An Old Boathouse
A stone wliich was built into the old life-boat house at Cambois (Northumberland). This house, now destroyed, was erected in 1854, at the cost of Sir Matthew Ridley, Bt., who also presented the site. It was described at the time as " a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Isallt
At 10 P.M. on the night of the 15th October, during a whole N. by E. gale with a very heavy sea—one of the worst gales for some years—distress flares were seen to the S.W. of Moelfre Island. They came from the schooner Isallt, of Skibbereen,...
Katina Bulgaris
The Humber, Yorkshire.—8th February, 1939. The- Greek steamer Katina Bulgaris, of Andros, had collided with the American steamer Meanticut and sank, but the Meanticut rescued her crew.—Permanent paid crew: Rewards, £l Os. 3d..
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Great Yarmouth and Corleston, Norfolk.
—6th September, 1939. An explosion had been reported in the neighbourhood of the Gorton Light-vessel, but the lifeboat found that the light-vessel itself was all right, and there was...