LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Swift
LOWESTOFT.—The schooner Swift, of Eye, bound to that port from Seaham with coal, was seen with a flag of distress during a gale from the N.W. and a heavy sea at about 11 A.M. on the 12th December, and the Samuel Plimsoll Life-boat thereupon...
Valeria, of Cardiff
CLOVELLY.—During a whole gale from the N.W., accompanied by a tremendous sea, on the 15th October, the steamer Valeria, of Cardiff, bound from Briton Ferry for Portland with a cargo of coal, hoisted signals of distress. The GrahamHughes Life...
Jane, of Barmouth
OH the 4th August, i during a fresh wind from the N.W., the .
Arklow Life-boat saved the crew of 5 men ; of the brigantine Jane, of Barmouth, i which had stranded on Jack's Hole Bank. | The boat afterwards...
Ruth of London
On the 17th Octo- ber, the brig Ruth, of London, went ashore on Saunton Sands during squally weather.
The George and Catherine life-boat put off and rescued the crew of 9 men. The cap- tain of the vessel communicated to the...
Meteor
BROADSTAIRS, KENT.—The ketch Meteor, of London, bound for Dunkirk with a cargo of pitch, had her mainsail and jib blown away in a south-westerly gale on the 3rd May when about two miles from the South Foreland. In response to her signals of...
Wellgunde and a Tug
BALLTYWALTER, co. DOWN.—In thick weather, on the 17th February, while the ship Wellgunde, of Hamburg, a new ship of 1766 tons, was being towed from Greenock to Port Talbot, both tug and vessel grounded on the Butterfly rock, off Ballyferris...
Laura
About 1 A.M.
oil the 9th September, a telephone message was received from the Shipwash Light-vessel, stating that the brigantine Laura, of Whitstable, had been in collision with the Light-vessel, and was then drifting...
Barbara Woods
The Life-boat Queensbury was launched at 1.15 P.M. on the 28th September, during a moderate S.E. gale and heavy sea,onac- count of the fishing-boat Barbara Woods, of Methil, having run ashore about 200 yards from the entrance to the harbour...
The Three-Masted Steamer Victoria
— On the 28th November, the three-masted steamer Victoria, of Barnstaple, whilst bound from Hamburg to Bideford with a cargo of agricultural salt, stranded about three miles to the north of Mable- thorpe. In response to her signals of...
Violet
Several of the fishing cobles belonging to Scarborough proceeded to the fishing grounds early in the morning of the 4th April, but a strong N.E. wind brought up a rough sea, and the boats ran for shelter. At about 11.20...