LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Belt In Use By the Crews of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution
The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life-belt are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, and to enable him to support another person besides...
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Jane, of North Shields
On the night of the 5th March, the brig Jane, of North Shields, stranded three miles and a quarter south of Palling, in a strong gale from S.S.W. The Palling life-boat was taken to the spot, on her transporting-carriage, and launched to her...
Isabella, of Aberdeen
On the 15th June, a messenger on horseback arrived at An- strother from Fifeness, having been de- spatched for the life-boat by the coastguard there, in consequence of observing a brigan- tine with her foretopmast and topgallant- mast gone,...
The Elder Dempster Steamer Jebba
At about 2.15 A.M. on the 18th March, the Elder Dempster steamer Jetiba,ot London, from Sierra Leone, with passengers, mails, and general cargo, went ashore near Bolt Tail. When the vessel stranded she ran on to the rocks close under the...
Stainburn
At 5.35 A.M. on the 18th September it was reported that the Gull Light-vessel was firing guns, and also that a steamer could be seen on the Goodwin Sands. The Life-boat .Charles and Susanna Stephens promptly proceeded in tow of the Harbour...
Islamount
HOLYHEAD.—While a strong gale was blowing from N.W., accompanied by a heavy sea and rain, on the evening of the 6th Aug., 1900, the Coxswain of the Life-boat observed a barque dragging her anchors and driving towards the Nimrod rocks. He...
Rothie May
MARGATE, KENT.—During a strong E.N.E. gale and heavy sea on the 4th March signals were reported about 7.15 P.M. Owing to the exceptionally low tide it was only after great difficulty the No. 1 Life-boat Eliza Harriett was launched, and...
A Spanish Steamer and The S.S. Pena Cabarga
On the evening of the 5th September, a Spanish steamer, when entering Blyth, collided with the s.s. Pena Cabarga, of Saiitancler, which was outward bound with a cargo of iron ore. The latter vessel nevertheless proceeded, but after getting a...
Bessie Gould
Just after the Motor Life-boat V.C.S. had returned from exercise on the 18th January, a vessel was seen to be drifting into the broken water on the North Tail with another vessel trying to help her. As it was clear that the other vessel...
The S.S. Ring
On the 26th November the s.s. Ring, of Gothen- burg, with a crew of nineteen, bound from Runcorn to Sweden with a cargo of salt, was caught in a moderate S.W. gale, with a very heavy sea and rain, driven off her course, and forced to seek...