On the 8th March, the barque Sparkling Wave, of Sunderland, was stranded, and afterwards became a total wreck, on the South Scroby Sand. It was blowing a heavy gale of wind at the time.
The Birmingham No. 2 life-boat went...
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire - At 11.25 a.m. on i5th December, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor boat Duthies, of Peterhead, had sprung a leak in heavy seas just outside Peterhead bay while on passage to...
On the 17th April, 1866, information was received, during a strong gale from W.S.W., that a schooner was on shore on Dub Mill Scar, about eight miles E N.E. of this place, with a flag of dis- tress flying. In a very short time the Henry...
On the 12th June, during a heavy gale of wind from N.N.W., with rain, the schooner Azores Packet, of Falmouth, stranded in making for the harbour at St. Ives. The life-boat of the Institution was quickly launched, and rescued her crew of 4...
Very early on the morning of the 12th September, a most furious gale suddenly sprang up on this coast. A few hours afterwards the wind had somewhat moderated, and the lugger Jsabelk, of Dinan, France, attempted to enter Padstow Harbour, but,...
On the 28th De- cember the brigantine Hitena, of St. Johns, Newfoundland, was observed off Worthing with signals of distress in her rigging. A gale was blowing from the S.W., and there was a heavy sea on. The Jane life-boat was soon manned...
AUGUST 26TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 8.52 in the morning the life-boat coxswain saw a vessel lying on the Goodwin Sands.
He telephoned the coastguard station for confirmation and at 9.40 the motor life-boat Langham, on temporary...
About midnight on the 24th January the Thomas Wilson life-boat put off in reply to signals of distress, and brought safely ashore the crew of 6 men belonging to the brig Benton, of South Shields, which was totally wrecked, during foggy...
The Girl Guides of the Empire have given the Institution £5,000 to build a motor life-boat. This is part of £50,000 which they contributed among themselves in Empire Week for national causes. It will provide a life-boat which was...
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"While she was rendering this service, the Mark Lane Life-boat had gone off to a vessel which had sunk in the Roads, but no traces could be found of the crew of that ill-fated ship. The boat was returning when she was hailed by the...