LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
William and Mary
After daylight on the 14th October, the fishing vessels of Newbiggin -were caught in a' sudden gale from the east, and obliged to j make for the port. Anticipating some i mishap, the Life-boat William HopJcinson, \ of BrigJiouse, was...
D'Artagnon and Hedvig Sophia
NORTH DEAL.—On the 11th November, while a heavy S.S. W. gale was blowing, signals of distress were observed, whereupon the Life-boat's crew assembled, and after some delay, on account of the water being low at the time, the boat was...
Storm King and Petrel
MONTBOSE.—On the morning of the 10th October, while the tug Storm King was towing the schooner Petrel, of and for Montrose, from Balta Sound, Shetland, the tow line broke, and the schooner went on the " Leads " rocks. A fresh N.E....
The Eleanor and Jane
Information was received at 4.30 P.M.
on the 4th of April, during a moderate N.W. breeze, that a schooner was ashore on the North Stack, and required immediate assistance. The Thomas Fielding Life-boat was quickly taken out...
Ocean Belle and Pacific
BULL BAY.—At 2.15 P.M. on the 22nd December, 1886, a signal of distress was shown by the schooner Ocean Belle, of Amlwch, which was at anchor in a dangerous position in the Bay, Anglesey, during a strong wind from the...
Wanderer and The Nautilus
Again, on the 10th May, the fishing boats were oTertaken by a heavy sea, which sprang up very suddenly and which was felt all along the east coast of Scotland.
The boats made with all speed for the harbour. One of them, the...
Renown and Ceres
LLANAELHAIARN, NORTH WALES.—On the 29th January, the coxswain of the Life-boat observed a schooner which proved to be the Renown, of Swansea, coal laden from Cardiff for Amlwch, in distress, apparently making for Llanaelhaiarn, and knowing...
Ambassador and Ashlowe
SWANSEA.—The Life-boat Wolverhampton was launched at 2.15 P.M. on the 23rd January, in answer to a signal of distress from the barque Ambassador, of Aberdeen, bound from Cardiff to Bio with a cargo of coal, which bad been in collision with...
Centenary Publications and Souvenirs
" Britain's Life-boats : The Story of a Century of Heroic Service." By Major A. J. DAWSON, with an Introduction by H.R.H. the PBI.VCE OF WALES, K.Gr., President of the Royal National Life-boat Institution, and a Fore- word by...
Category: Advertisement
Wellgunde and a Tug
BALLTYWALTER, co. DOWN.—In thick weather, on the 17th February, while the ship Wellgunde, of Hamburg, a new ship of 1766 tons, was being towed from Greenock to Port Talbot, both tug and vessel grounded on the Butterfly rock, off Ballyferris...