LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lord Collingwood, of Newcastle
On the 29th October, the barque Lord Collingwood, of Newcastle, went ashore off Souter Point.
The Thomas Wilson life-boat put off and remained all night by the vessel, which was towed safely into harbour the next morn- ing....
Notes of the Quarter
THE PERIOD of a little over a quarter of a century during which the late Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, was the Institution's President, will almost certainly be looked back upon by future historians of the life-boat service as one of...
Category: Articles
Notes of the Quarter
THE NEW LIFEBOAT produced through the efforts of thousands of Scouts in 'Operation Lifeboat' is to be stationed at Hartlepool. The allocation of the boat to this station happened by chance to coincide with a decision of the Committee...
Category: Articles
Maxim, of St. John's
DROGHEDA.—Shortly after midnight of the 25th September, the brigantine Maxim of St. John's, N.B., bound from Liverpool to St. John's, went ashore two miles north of Drogheda Bar. It was blowing hard at the time from E.S.E., with a...
City of Bristol
WITHERNSEA.—The fishing smack City of Bristol, of Hull, stranded about a mile S. of the Life-boat house during a S.E. by S. wind, a heavy snowstorm, and a chopping eea, on the 5th of January. The Admiral Sous Life-boat was launched at 9.15 A...
The Earl of Bradford
August The Earl of Bradford who had been president of Newport (Shropshire) branch since its formation in 1972..
Category: Obituaries
Minerva, of Workington
On the 7th February, the brig Minerva, of Workington, coal laden, ran ashore in a strong E.S.E. wind, on the South Bull Sand, at the mouth of the River Boyne.
The Drogheda life-boat proceeded to her assistance, and taking...
Thetis of Gothenburg
On the 18th November, the Licensed Victualler life-boat put off, during a strong wind and hazy weather, and rescued from their boat the crew of 16 men belonging to the barque Thetis, of Gothenburg, which had gone on the Woolpack Sand, about...
Tom Cringle, of Thurso
On the 28th December the schooner Tom Cringle, of Thurso, N.B., went on shore on the Bondicar rocks, near Hauxley. The wind was blowing strong from the S., and a high sea running. Signals of distress having been seen from the shore, the...