LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rival
On the 28th December, at 4 A.M., large flares were seen in the direction of the Cross Sand. The Life-boat Covent Garden was launched, and proceeded to the Cross Sand, on "which, a very heavy sea -was running, and found a brig ashore on...
Castle Craig
BROOKE, ISLE OF WIGHT.—The steamer Castle Craig, of Liverpool, stranded on Brooke Ledge during thick weather and a heavy sea on the 14th December. At about 4 A.M., her signals of distress being observed, the crew of the George and Anne...
The S.S. Union
BRIDLINGTON.—At about 11.30 A.M. on the 24th December the s.s. Allerwash, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, landed four men from the S.S. Union, of Flensburg, and reported that the latter vessel was on fire, and had lost her propeller, seven miles from...
Brownrigg
WINTERTON.—The No. 2 Life-boat, the Husband, was launched at 7.30 A.M. on the 13th August to the assistance of the four-masted ship Brownrigg, of Liverpool, bound from Hull for Cardiff in ballast, which, having been damaged by collision with...
Nugget, of Bideford
On the night of the 31st Dec, last the brigantine tfuggtt, of Bideford, was driven from her anchors, and stranded on the " Doomed " bar, in Padstow harbour, a Heavy westerly gale blowing at the time. The crew, five in number,- took...
Swan, Industry, and Mulgrave
The same life-boat, on the 2nd January, 1868, was again called into requisition:— About 7 P.M. of that day, the steam-tug Swan, which was towing the sloop Industry and the schooner Mulgrave into Whitby harbour, struck against the pier, in...
Coronel
During a dense fog on the 10th February, with a moderate S.S.W. breeze and a moderate sea, a large four-masted steamer—the Coronel, of Kragero—ran on to the Longnose Rock.; The crew of the No. 2 Life-boat, Civil Service No. 1, were called,...
Artificer
NORTH DEAL, WALMEH, AND RAMS- GATE, KENT.—The Life-boats Charles Dibdin, Civil Service No. 4, and Charles and Susanna Stephens were launched a few minutes after midnight on the 4th- 5th April, in answer to signals of distress, the steamer...
Annie
About 2 p M., on the 8th February, the pilot coble Annie, of Redcar, which had gone out in the morning to a steamer, but had failed to reach her on account of the strong N.W. gale and heavy sea, was seen off Redcar, beyond the breakers, with...
Moringen
ABERDOVEY.—The brig Moringen, of Drammen, Norway, timber laden, stranded in a strong N.N.W. gale and a very heavy sea on the 16th June and became a total wreck. On receipt of news of the casualty, the Life-boat Thomas Nieeolls Stratford was...