LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mount Ida
Cromer, Norfolk.—On the 9th October, 1939, the No. 1 motor life-boat H. F. Bailey rescued the crew of twentynine of the Greek steamer Mount Ida, of Piraeus, which had grounded on the Ower Bank. The No. 2 motor life-boat Harriot Dixon was...
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Life-Boat Services
LIFE-BOAT SERVICES.—During the late October storms the Life-boats belonging to the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION were successful in saving the lives of many persons on board shipwrecked and foundering vessels. The Pembrey (South Wales) Life...
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Albert and India
AND KINGSDOWNE.—Two large vessels went on the Goodwin Sands on the 18th De- cember. They were the barque Albert, of Bremen, 750 tons, bound thence to the East Indies, and the barque India, of Shields, 700 tons, bound to that port from Quebec...
A Motor Boat (1)
Blyth, Northumberland. At 8.42 on the evening of the 18th of August, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small motor boat was drifting on to Seaton rocks. The life- boat Winston Churchill (Civil Service No. 8) was...
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Light of The Haren, of Whistable
On the 15th August the Lowestoft'life- boat again went off', in reply to signals of distress from the brigantine Light of the Harem, of Whitstable, which had struck on Gorton Spit during a strong gale of wind and heavy sea. The...
Oswell
between three and four a.m., signals of distress being seen from a vessel near the Newcome Sand, the Lowe- stoft life-boat was launched and proceeded to her aid. On arriving at the spot, the schooner Oswdl, of Abroath, was found to be on the...
Welcome
On the 12th September a gale from the N. suddenly sprang up. About fifty fishing boats were lying at anchor in the roads, and were in great danger of being driven ashore. Part of their crews had landed with their fish, and as they were...
Bristol Packet
PENARTH, SOUTH WALES.—At daylight on the 9th March the Coastguard on duty observed a small vessel ashore in a verydangerous position on Cardiff sands. The wind was blowing strong from the W.S.W., accompanied by a heavy sea. The Lifeboat...