LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Sailing Barge
DECEMBER 27TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. A sailing barge had been blown up, but one of her crew was rescued by another barge and the other one was lost.
- Rewards, £9 3s. 6d..
A Wireless Appeal
ON Christmas Eve of last year a wireless appeal for the Life-boat Service was made by the Duke of Montrose. chairman of the Scottish Life-boat Council, a vice-president of the Institution and now the Institution's...
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A Motor Schooner
SEPTEMBER 27TH. - MARYPORT, CUMBERLAND. A motor schooner had grounded, but she refloated and after she had drifted for a time her anchor held and she did not need the services of the life-boat.
- Rewards, £30 15s..<...
A Steamer (8)
JUNE 21ST. - KILMORE, CO. WEXFORD.
A steamer, damaged by striking a rock or wreckage, had been beached, but she did not need the help of the life-boat.- Rewards, £31 12s. 6d.
Vigilant
At 8.50 A.M. the Coxswain of the Life-boat John Wesley was informed by telephone that a steamer was ashore at Breaksea Point. The Life-boat was at once launched and a tug engaged to tow her to the scene of the casualty. The vessel proved...
The S.S. Boston
The Life-boat Hollon the Third was launched at 7.30 P.M. on the 22nd December in response to a message from the Coastguard stating that a steamer was off the Brigg, down at the head .and apparently lowering her boats. A strong N.E. by E....
The S.S Laura Fell
PEMBREY,CARMARTHENSHIRE.—At about 12.30 A.M. on the 14th October signals of distress were shown by the ss. Laura Fell, of London. The wind was blowing a whole gale from the S.W.. with thick rain and a very heavy sea. The signals were...
Emerald Isle
HOWTH, Co. DUBLIN. — On the 29th March, at about 5.15 P.M., during a fresh W. gale and a heavy sea, the coxswain of the Life-boat being on watch at the Coastguard Station, observed a small vessel drag her anchors and go ashore on Ireland'...
Hibernia
The motor life-boat Sarah Ward and William David Crosweller was launched at 8.5 P.M. on the 19th January, during a moderate S.S.E. gale with a rough sea, to the help of the motor vessel Hibernia, of Skibbereen. She had grounded on the rocks...
Elmo
NO PETROL Hartlepool, Co. Durham. — At nine o'clock on the night of the 2nd of December, 1947, the coastguard tele- phoned that a small boat was continu- ously flashing a light about one mile north-north-east of the lighthouse. A small...