LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Ship
BALLYW ALTER, Go. DOWN.—On the 11tb.
March, at midnight, signals of distress were shown from a ship ashore on the Long Bock opposite Ballywalter, and in response thereto the Life-boat Admiral Henry Meynett was promptly...
Black-Eyed Susan
At 11 A.M., the Life-boat again went out, and rescued the crew of five men from the schooner Slack-Eyed Susan, of Bideford, which had also gone ashore, and subsequently broke up. The Life-boat had to be pulled with great difficulty along the...
Fishing Boats
The Robert and Susan Life-boat was launched at noon on the 2nd February, 1887, to the assistance of five fishingboats which had been overtaken by strong gale from the S.E.; with the help of the Life-boatmen, the boats were brought safely to...
The S.S. Mydrecht
During fine weather, with a smooth sea, on the 4th April, the Coastguard reported shortly after midnight that a message had been received from the North Goodwin Light- vessel stating that a steamer was ashore on the Sands. The Life-boat...
Cobles
STAITHES, YORKSHIRE.—On the 18th May, the Life-boat Jonathan Stott was launched at 6.30 A.M., and remained in attendance until several cobles, which had been overtaken by a heavy sea, had safely reached the shore..
The S.S. Ardgantock
On the afternoon of the 14th September the s.s. Ardgantock, of Greenock, bound from Ghent to Llan- elly with scrap-iron, ran into heavy seas going down-channel. Her cargo shifted and gave her a dangerous list to starboard. She put about and...
The Spanish Steam Trawlers Evaristo Perez and Teresa Camposa
Ballycotton, Co. Cork. — During a thick fog on the afternoon of the 2nd May sirens were heard sounding continuously.
A moderate east breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat Mary Stanford was launched at...
Aimee-Leone
Hastings, Sussex. At 5.10 on the afternoon of the 13th August, 1961, news was received that the yacht Aimee-Leone was firing red flares about five hundred yards south-east of Hast- ings harbour. A fresh west-south- westerly wind was blowing...
Our Confidence
Flamborough, Yorkshire. At 3.45 on the afternoon of the 29th of October, 1958, a message was received from a local fisherman that the fishing boat Our Confidence of Bridlington needed help six miles north-east of Flam- borough Head. The...
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New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 2.55 in the afternoon, on the 27th of July, 1951, the Wallasey Police telephoned a report that five people had been cut off by the tide on the North Bank.
Two beach patrolmen were swimming out and...