LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ocean Lover
DECEMBER 27TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 10.55 in the morning a message was received from the naval control for food to be taken to the drifter Ocean Lover, which had been lying a mile east of the boom for four days owing to thick fog...
Auchmacoy
FEBRUARY 9TH. - NEWBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 2.20 P .M. news was received from the Collieston coastguard that a vessel appeared to be aground at the mouth of the Ythan. The weather was cold, with a moderate southerly wind...
Adventure, of Harwick
On the night of the 3rd November, the smack Adventure, of Harwich, ran ashore on the North Sand, near Yarmouth. The Institution's smaller life- boat at that place was quickly launched through a high surf, and succeeded in taking off her...
Fishing Cobles (1)
Again on the 20th January the Staithes fishing-cobles went out to their usual fishing-ground. During the day the sea became very strong, with heavy snowshowers, and when the boats returned at about 4 P.M. they found it was impossible to land...
Milo
BURNHAM, SOMERSETSHIRE.—The Lifeboat- Cheltenltam was launched at 4.30 A.M.
on the 3rd September to the assistance of the brigantine Milo, of Brisham, which had stranded on the Gore Sands during a heavy gale from the...
Fanny
ARKLOW.—The Life-boat Out Pensioner put off at 10 A.M. on the 12th March to the assistance of the schooner Fanny, of and from Liverpool, bound for Africa with a general cargo, which was at anchor near the Porters Rocks, and striking the...
Guiding Star
IRVINE, AYESHIRE.—The schooner Guiding Star, of and from Kuncorn, for Irvine with salt, while endeavouring to enter the harbour, stranded on the bar, in a strong N.W. gale and a heavy sea on the 1st November. The Life-boat Bwsbie put off to...
Newbiggin's Bedspread Knitter
For many years Mrs. R. Rowe has made knitted garments for raffles and sales at the annual harbour fete and other life-boat functions at Newbiggin. This year Mrs. Rowe knitted a bedspread, two yards nine inches long, satin lined, crochet...
Category: Donations
A Small Boat (2)
Barra Island, Hebrides.—16th November.
Two keepers had put out from Monach Island lighthouse, forty-five miles from Barra, in a small boat on the previous day, and all trace of them had been lost. An unsuccessful search was...
The Life-Boat Station
THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general character of one of the 250 Life-boat Stations...
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