LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dewi Wyn
On the 21st January the schooner Dem Wyn, stranded on Cardigan bar during a heavy ground-swell, the sea breaking completely over her. The Cardigan life-boat, was thereupon launched, and suc- ceeded in taking off the crew of 8 men, and in...
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AUGUST 14TH. - FLAMBOROUGH , YORKSHIRE. Some people had been marooned in the cliffs, but when the lifeboat was launched her propeller was fouled by rubbish, and when she was ready to go she was not needed. - Rewards, £8 11s..
Gem
On the 5th Sept. this Life-boat again put off in a gale of wind, and rescued 5 men and a pilot from the wreck of the schooner Gem, totally lost on the Dogger Bank..
A Skiff
On the 21st Nov. the Life- boat S. T. Garden, of this station, saved 2 men, who, in their skiff, were being driven by the force of the wind among the breakers, where they would certainly have been lost but for the timely arrival of the...
John
CAISTER, NORFOLK.—On the 17th January, the No. 2 Life-boat Godsend put off and remained by the brig John, of Hartlepool, until the vessel, which had stranded on the Barber Sand, was, with the assistance of a yawl, extricated from her...
Unition
ALNMOUTH.—The John Atkinson Lifeboat rescued, on the 24th December, 3 of the crew of the brig Unition, of Guernsey, which vessel had stranded on the Boulmer Rocks. Of the remainder of the shipwrecked men, 1 was lost, and the others, 4 in...
The Five Survivors of the Ramsgate Crew Which Went Out to the "Indian Chief" In January, 1881. From Left to Right, T. Friend (81 Years), T. W. Cooper (79 Years), H. Belsey (82 Years), C. Verrion (80 Years), D. Berry (81 Years)
The Five Survivors of the Ramsgate Crew Which Went Out To The " Indian Chief" In January 1881 From Left To Right T Friend (81 Years) T W Cooper (79 Years) H Belsey (82 Years) C Verrion (80 Years) D Be. - View image in PDF
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Jess
On the night of the 21st October the yacht Jess broke away from her moorings and after drifting about the harbour, to the danger of other shipping, drove up against the quay. The Motor Life- boat C.D.E.C. put out and towed her to a safe...
Struan
On ' the 18th January the Aberdeen trawler Struan was wrecked, and the crew of nine were rescued by the Peterhead life-boat.—Rewards, £52 17s. 6d. (A full account of this service appeared in the March issue of The Life-boat.).<...
A Yacht
2nd Sep- tember. A yacht, with a crew of four, capsized while racing. Other yachts rescued two of the men, but the other two were drowned before the life-boat could reach the scene.—Rewards, £8 7s..