LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Amulet
At 7 A.M.
on the 3rd December, intelligence was treceived that a large vessel was ashore in Druridge Bay. The crew of the Algernon and Eleanor Life-boat were at once called together, horses were sent for, and the Life-boat...
Rosebud
ST. ANDREW'S.—At about 9 o'clock on the morning of the 2nd February, the schooner Eosebud, of Goole, was seen from St. Andrew's, but the weather becoming thick she was lost sight of. She 'was next observed at about 11...
Teresa
WORTHING.— On the 10th February, at about 5.50 P.M., the schooner Teresa,, of Weymoata, bound from Guernsey to London, with granite, was observed drivj ing on shore. A strong gale of wind from the S. was blowing and the sea was...
Energy
CAISTER, NORFOLK.—The No. 2 Lifeboat Beauchamp was called out on service on the morning of the 23rd January and was launched at 4.20, signals of distress having been shown on the north part of the Barber Sands. On arriving there the fishing...
The S.S. Cerdic
CRESSWELL, NORTHUMBERLAND. — The Coastguard at Cresswell Point reported that a steamer was ashore about a mile S. of the Life-boat station, during a strong S.E. wind and a strong sea, on the 24th December, whereupon the Life-boat Ellen and...
Halcyon
WORTHING.—The brigantine Halcyon, of St. Nazaire, laden with slates for London, being observed to be rapidly driving ashore in a whole gale from S.S.W. and a heavy sea on the 20th July, the Life-boat Henry Harris put off at 2.45 P.M., and on...
The S.S. Dumail
At } 10.15 P.M. on the 29th March a messenger reported that a vessel was j ashore on the North Cheek of Robin i Hood's Bay. The Life-boat Mary Ann LocJcwood was launched and proceeded to the stranded vessel, which...
The Aberdeen Motor Drifter Saxon
Cullercoats, Northumberland. —At 1.32 P.M. on the 23rd April, 1938, the Seaton Sluice coastguard reported a motor drifter on fire about two miles east of St. Mary's Island. A moderate N.N.E.
breeze was blowing, with a...
Mauda of Liverpool
A ship was ob- served in distress on the Long Bank, during a southerly gale, on the 25th November.
The St. Patrick life-boat went off to her, and found she was abandoned. Afterwards she floated off the sands, but capsized...
The S.S. Politician
FEBRUARY 5TH and 6TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. At 9 A.M. information was received through the coastguard that a vessel was ashore south of Barra Island, and the motor life-boat Lloyd’s was launched at 10 A.M. Half a gale was blowing from...