LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dispatch
POOLBEG, Co. DUBLIN.—The smack Dispatch, of Bullock, an out port of Dublin, bound from Bullock to Dublin with granite stones, being in danger during a whole gale from the N.W., violent hail storms and a heavy sea, on the 30th of March, the...
Lyra
HAUXLEY.—The Life-boat Algernon and Eleanor was launched at 1.30 P.M. on the 14th February to the assistance of the fishing coble Lyra, of Newbiggin, which was in distress in a gale from the W.S.W.
and a heavy sea. The boat...
The S.S. Birling
WINTERTON, NORFOLK.—The 'Husband Life-boat was launched at 7 A.M. on the 9th March, during a whole gale of wind and a very heavy sea, signals having been fired by the Cross Sand Light-vessel. The boat proceeded in a S.S.E. direction, and...
Twelve Hours In a Whole Gale
ON August 22nd the Clacton Motor Life-boat was out for over twelve hours in a whole gale with a very heavy sea, and went to the help of two vessels.
The first was a small yacht with two people on board, which had become...
Category: Services
Bruces
At 8 P.M. on the 21st November the steam drifter Bruces, of Peterhead, bound from Yarmouth to Peterhead, stranded owing to hazy weather on the Beacon Rocks between the old harbour and the South Outlet. In response to her signals of distress...
Evolution
During a strong N.E. breeze and very heavy sea on the 4th April a trawling smaok, named the Evolution, of Lowestoft, missed stays and drove on to the North Beach. As her position was a dangerous one, the crew of the Life-boat Keniwell were...
A Tug and Lighter
The No. 1 Life-boat Eliza Harriet was called out shortly before 1 P.M. on the 18th December to the assistance of a tug and lighter, which were flying signals of distress.
Both vessels were in trouble, and a moderate N.N.E....
The Lynmouth Disaster
THE life-boat station at Lynmouth, Devon, established in 1869, was closed in 1944 and the life-boat taken away.
Men of the crew are still living in the village. When the thunderstorms on Exmoor, and the flooding of the...
Category: Obituaries
Dr. Addison, of the Scillies
THE Institution has lost an old and valued friend by the death at the begin- ning of January of Dr. W. B. Addison, M.D., the chairman of the Scilly Islands branch.
For fourteen years, from 1918 to 1932, he was the honorary...
Category: Obituaries
Rescue Mania
Beautiful clear blue skies were the backdrop for an international rescue event, Rescue Mania 1996. Largely organised by members of the Netherlands Reddingsbrigade and local volunteers, and involving some two years of planning and a week of...
Category: Articles