LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Flower of Ross
HOLY ISLAND.—On the night of the 6th November a tar barrel was seen burning near the shore opposite Ross Links. The wind was blowing •with, almost hurricane force from S. by E., rain and sleet were falling, and the night was intensely...
The S.S. Castle Galleon
The Motor Life-boat John and Mary Meiklam of Gladswood was launched at 4.40 A.M. on 28th February, in a fresh easterly gale with a very heavy sea, on receipt of information from the Coastguard that the St.
Nicholas...
Welsh Prince
On the 17th October the steam trawler Welsh Prince, of and for North Shields, laden with fish, stranded on the rocks known as Limpet Hills, in foggy weather.
The wind was blowing from the S.E. and there was a heavy surf on...
The S.S. Avon
RHOSCOLYN, ANGLESEY.—A very thick fog prevailed here on the night of the 15th June, and at about 5.30 on the following morning the coxswain of the Life-boat, who had been watching during the night, heard voices close to the signal and...
Herring Boats
At about 6 P.M. on the 25th August several large herring boats and a yacht were to be seen making for port, and two miles N.E. of the pier head the yacht was dismasted. A nasty sea was running and it was blowing very fresh from the north—at...
The S.S. Milgate
At 7 o'clock on the morning of the 2nd November, a message was received from the Coast- guard, stating that a vessel was in dis- tress about four miles to the east of Newhaven. The signal was fired, and within a quarter of an hour the...
Three Small Open Fishing Boats
During a strong northerly gale, on the 18th January, three small open fishing- boats, belonging to Port Erin, put into Port St. Mary, and reported that two similar boats were attempting to follow.
Owing to the heavy sea and...
Angloman (1)
HOLYHEAD, CEMAES and CEMLYN.— During a dense fog on the 9th February a large four-masted steamer, the Angloman, of and for Liverpool, with a general cargo and cattle, stranded on the West Flatters rocks. Fortunately the sea was smoothat the...
Harold Brown
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 2.35 on the afternoon of the 21st of Decem- ber, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that the tug Harold Brown, which had a dumb barge in tow, had run aground about four hundred yards east of Shoreham Harbour. At...
Eligug
St. David's, Pembrokeshire.—At 3.30 in the afternoon, on the 23rd of April, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that the police had passed on a message from Strumble Head that a boat was drifting in St. Bride's Bay. At 10.50 that...