LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

BERWICK-ON-TWEED.—A strong S. gale sprung up suddenly on the morning of the 17th January, and about twelve fishing-boats, of Spittal, were obliged to leave their lines and run for shelter. As there was a strong sea on the bar with a strong...

NORTH BERWICK, N.B.—The Life-boat Freemason was launched about 8 P.M. on the 14th August, to the assistance of the barque Azow, of Christiansand, which vessel had stranded 2 miles north of Berwick, and lost her rudder. There was a thick fog....

WINTERTON, NORFOLK.—The brig Gyda, of Swendsale, Norway, stranded half a mile north of this place on the 18th January. In consequence of the snowdrift it was found impossible to take the Edward BirKbeck Life-boat to the scene of the wreck on...

TYRELLA, COUNTY DOWN.—On the 15th November the French brigantine Sinai, of Nantes, drove on outlying rocks off Eathmullan, in Dundrum Bay; one man got into the ship's boat, which soon capsized, but he contrived to hold on to it until...

During a moderate northerly gale with a choppy sea on the 30th July the ketch Brothers, of Cardigan, commenced to drag her anchors. As the vessel was on a lee shore signals of distress were made, and in response the crew of the Life-boat...

Shortly after 2 P.M. on the 12th April the Hoy lake Life-boat Hannah Fawsett Bennett was called out to the assistance of a small yawl yacht, the Roulette, of Hoylake, which became unmanageable when off Dover Point. The W.N.W. wind was very...

CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND.— The Life-boat Go-operator No. 1 was launched about 8 A.M. on the 16th January to the assistance of five fishingcobles, which had put to sea in the early morning. Shortly after the boats had gone out the N.N.W....

A MONUMENTAL glass goblet made in 1810 has been decorated by the well- known artist, Honoria Diana Marsh, who works with diamonds, with a picture of the Weston-super-Mare life-boat Calouste Gulbenkian. The capacity of the goblet is nearly 10... - View image in PDF