LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Three Sisters
FlSHGTTABD, PEMBBOKESHIEB.' In response to a signal of distress hoisted by the smack Three Sisters, of Cardigan, bound from Aberporth to Swansea in ballast, the No. 2 Life-boat Helen of Foxley proceeded to her assistance at 11.30 A.M. on...
Esperance
TYRELLA.—During a S.S.E. wind with showers of sleet and a very heavy sea, on the 24th January, the barque Esperance, of St. Malo, bound from Cadiz for Belfast with teak, stranded in Dundrum Bay.
The crew of the Memorial...
Svend
ALDBOROUGH.—The George Hounsfield Life-boat was launched at 10 P.M. on the 9th April, during a N.E. wind and a heavy sea, signal rockets having been observed in the direction of the Shipwash Light Vessel. They were found to have been sent up...
Falco
KILDONAN, ISLE or ARRAN.—The barque Falco, of Stockholm, was observed to go ashore in a dangerous position on the Carline rocks during a N.W. gale and a heavy sea, with snow showers, on the 7th December. The Life-boat Emily Dewar was...
Fishing Boats
FRASERBURGH.—The fishing boats having been overtaken by a strong gale from the E.N.B., and a heavy sea on the 1st November, it was considered advisable to launch the. Life-boat Cosmo and Charles at 12.15 P.M., so as to encourage the crews...
Wish, of Plymouth
on the llth November, the Life-boat Sabrina, launched, during a strong gale at S.W. and pro- ceeded to the assistance of the brig Wish, of Plymouth, which was ashore near Old Stairs Bay. The Wish was found to be leaking, and with 3 feet of...
Gilded Age
QUEENSTOWN.—Ofl the 27th October, at about 10.15 A.M., a telegram was received from the Coastguard Station, at Eobert's Cove, stating that a yacht was in distress off Cork Head. The Quiver Life-boat was promptly launched, and proceeded,...
Quest
— The fish- ing boats were out on the 7th July, and by noon bad weather had set in. A moderate E.S.E. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea. The coxswain was told by fishermen coming ashore that the local coble Quest was still at sea and in a...
A Small Boat (3)
Portrush, Co. Antrim.—On the, afternoon of the 2nd September a small boat, with a woman and her son on board, capsized one and a half miles S.S.W. of Ramore Head, in a strong S.S.E. breeze, with a moderate sea.
The accident...
Coxwain William Sutherland, of Anstruther
The Anstruther station has lost not only one of its honorary secretaries, but, by the death of ex-Coxswain William Sutherland on 31st October, one of the oldest of its life-boatmen.
He joined the crew in 1894 and was...
Category: Obituaries