LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Cedrington Court
JANUARY. 7TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 10.15 A.M. a message was received from the Ramsgate coastguard that the North Goodwin Light-vessel had reported that an explosion and repeated blasts on a steamer’s siren had been heard about three miles...
H.M. Motor Torpedo Boat 2007
MAY 22ND. - ABERDEEN, AND TORRY LIFE-SAVING APPARATUS. At 5.26 in the afternoon the harbour master reported that H.M. motor torpedo boat 2007 had stranded one hundred and fifty yards east of the old south breakwater. A north-easterly wind...
Our Laddie
MAY 28TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. At 5.15 A.M. a message was received from Gunfleet Lighthouse through the coastguard that a vessel had gone aground on the Gunfleet Sands. A moderate N.N.W. breeze was blowing, with a slight sea. The...
Margaret and Manx Heather (1)
JUNE 24TH. - DOUGLAS, AND RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN. At 7.50 in the evening a message came to Douglas that the motor boat Margaret was in distress in the direction of Laxey, and at 8 P.M. the motor life-boat Manchester and Salford was launched. A...
Greystone and Lady Connaught
DECEMBER 27TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At 1.10 A.M. the Hoylake coastguard reported that a vessel had been mined ten miles N.W. of the Bar Lightvessel, and the No. 1 motor life-boat William and Kate Johnston put out. There was a light...
Lena Broden
AUGUST 6TH. - TEESMOUTH, YORKSHIRE. At 1.30 in the afternoon the Swedish Iron Ore Co., Middlesbrough, telephoned that their motor vessel Lena Broden was off that port and needed a pilot. The sea was too heavy for the pilot cutter to put out,...
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
NEW ROMNEY, KENT ; PORTHLEVEN, CORN- WALL ; SWANSEA, WALES ; ARBROATH and PORTPATRICK, SCOTLAND.—The Life-boats placed on these Stations many years since have recently been superseded by new boats furnished by the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT...
Category: Articles
Glenmore
JANUARY 13TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 11.14 A.M. the coastguard reported a sailing barge aground on the Gunfleet Sands, four miles S.E. of Clacton pier. A moderate S.S.W. wind was blowing, with a rather rough sea. The motor lifeboat...
Sarah Ann Dickinson
ARDROSSAN, N.B.—On the 4th February, at about 10 P.M., during a fresh breeze from S.S.W. the schooner Sarah Ann Dickinson, of Fleetwood, in approaching Ardrossan Harbour, ran on the Eagle Rock. A steam-tag proceeded to her and made an...
Lines on a Gallant Rescue By a Shore-Boat
HALF a league, half a league, Half a league seaward, In a wild storm of death Sail'd the five heroes.
Onward, the Quay Brigade! Straight for the wreck they made: In a wild storm of Death Sail'd the five...
Category: Poetry