LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The White Star
CARNSORE, IRELAND.—At about 7 P.M. on the 24th December, a signal of distress was shown from the Tuskar Rock.
The Iris Life-boat proceeded there and found a wrecked vessel, which was hailed, but no answer was received. The...
Togo
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—At 10.27 on the night of the 18th of July, 1951, a wireless message was received from the Island of Jethou that the motor boat Togo had broken down and was drifting south of Herm. At 11.3 the life-boat Queen...
Eugenie Auguste
CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN.—At about one o'clock on the afternoon of Sunday, 1st October, 1882, the brigantine Eugenie Auguste, of Castletown, bound for that port from Euncorn with a cargo of coal, was observed to be labouring heavily and...
Medoc
A large vessel was observed on the outer end of St. Patrick's Causeway, about twelve miles from the shore on the 19th November, and two boats from her were seen to be making for the land. It was blowing fresh from the north-west at the...
Paquite De Terranova
At day- break on the 25th September, a vessel was observed at anchor close in-shore in the Bay to the west of Carnsore Point.
It was blowing hard from W.8.W., and, as usual with an on-shore wind on this coast, a heavy sea...
The S.S. Grimm
RAMSGATE.—In answer to guns fired by the G-oodwin light-vessels, the Life-boat Bradford, in tow of the steam-tug Aid, left the harbour at 6.45 A.M. on the 28th September, and found the s.s. Grimm, of Hamburg, bound from Antwerp for Montreal,...
Pioneer
PETEBHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.—While the Coxswain of the Life-boat George Pickard was working in the Life-boat house during the afternoon of the 1st April, information was brought him that a vessel had gone ashore at Scotston Head. After...
Fishing Cobles (2)
A strong N.E. gale sprang up very sud- denly on the 5th February in the early morning when all the fishing cobles were at sea fishing. The alarm gun was fired at Cullercoats, but as all the Life-boat- men at that station were at sea the boat...
Rosaleen
At 7.30 P.M.
on the 5th November signals of distress were observed from a vessel on Salter's Bank. The wind was blowing with the force of a whole gale from the south- west, and there was a very heavy...
Fishing Boats (2)
MONTROSE and JOHNSHAVEN.—On the 29th February a heavy sea was breaking on the bar at Montrose and a strong wind from the E.N.B. suddenly sprung up.
As three of the fishing boats were at sea the Life-boat Augusta was...