LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Hesperian
Penlee, Cornwall. At 3.14 on the morning of the 15th of August, 1958, the coastguard told the motor mechanic that the motor fishing vessel Hesperian was ashore west of Lamorna. At 3.40 the lifeboat W and S was launched in a moderate sea,...
The S.S. Flandres and the Liberian Steamer Trader (1)
Dover and Walmer, Kent. At 2.24 on the morning of the 16th of October, 1957, the Deal coastguard reported that the S.S. Flandres, of Antwerp, had been in collision with the Liberian steamer Trader four miles south-east of the Goodwin Sands,...
A Commercial Fishing Vessel
Man clinging to mast THE HONORARY SECRETARY of YoUghal lifeboat station received a telephone call from the Gardai at 1745 on the evening of Wednesday August 1, 1984.
They had been informed by a passer-by that a commercial...
Hilton
MAKE THE MOST OF THE LONDON BOAT SHOW 6-16 January 1994 The RNLI and Hilton hotels have joined forces to offer you a great way to enjoy the London Boat Show. If you are thinking of attending the Boat Show, or just fancy an enjoyable night or...
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Sunshine
PETERHEAD, N.B.—On the 11th April, signals of distress were observed in the direction, of Seotstonhead, -whereupon the People's Journal No. 1 Life-boat proceeded out, and found the schooner Sunshine, of Wick, stranded on the...
Effigo
PAKEFIELD.—The Life-boat Two Sisters, Mary and Hannah, put off on the 22nd October to the assistance of the schooner Effigo, of Goole, which had stranded on the Newcome Sand during a strong E.
breeze. The vessel had floated...
The S.S. Speedwell
GOELBSTON.—The No. 1 Life-boat, the Mark Lane, was launched at 1.45 P.M. on the 17th of January, during a strong S.E.
by E. wind and a heavy sea, to the assistance of the s.s. Speedwell, of Yarmouth, which had grounded on...
Englishman, of Workington & Schooner Lewis Jane, of Drogheda
On the 23rd De- cember the brig Englishman, of Working- ton, and the schooner Louisa Jane, of Drogheda, while running for the river Boyne, became unmanageable through a sudden change of the wind, and drove on the South Bull in a heavy sea....
Evening Star
On the 22nd August at 2.40 P.M. the Coastguard ob- served a flat ashore on the East Hoyle Bank with a signal of distress, flying.
The crew of the Life-boat Hannah Fawsett Bennett were promptly assembled and the boat...
Hans Thiis
RAMSGATE,—A message was received telephone from the Goodwin Light-vessel on the morning of the 24th July, stating that a vessel was ashore on the North Goodwin Sands. At 10 o'clock the Lifeboat Bradford, in tow of the steam-tug John...