LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Cobles
CULLERCOATS.—On the llth January, 1893, twenty-five cobles went out fishing, but as a strong N.E. gale sprung up accompanied by a rough sea they were compelled to return to port. Seventeen of them arrived safely in the harbour, but by the...
The Large Screw Steamer Quantock
WINTERTON.—At the termination of a very heavy snowstorm at about 5 P.M. on the 25th January a light and rockets were shown by a vessel which had stranded on the beach about three-quarters of a mile S. of the light-house. The No. 1 Life-boat...
Rigged Shrimping Boat Adeline
WINTERTON.—Shortly after 5 o'clock on the evening of the 12th March, the cutter rigged shrimping-boat Adeline, of Great Yarmouth, was observed to ship a sea, when about half a mile S.E. of Winterton, and to instantly founder. An alarm...
The Institution's Income at a Glance
How each £100 of the Institution's Income was obtained in 1929.
£ s. d.
41 14 0 i ——"M — — — —•—— Subscriptions, Donations, and Life-boat Days.
26 11 6 ——i —...
Category: Accounts
Life-Boat House: Change of Address
OWING to the fact that the present Head- quarters at Life-boat House, Charing Cross Road, have for some years been too small for the staff required to deal with the constant expansion of the Institution's activities, the Committee of...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Engineer
Soon after mid- night on the 24th-25th February the coastguard at Portland Bill telephoned that a vessel was burning flares about three- and a half miles south-west of the Bill. A moderate S.S.E. gale was blowing, a heavy sea was running,...
How to Help the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
1. By becoming an Annual Subscriber, even if the amount subscribed be small; or by giving a donation.
2. By taking charge of a collecting box, or card, and endeavouring to fill it.
3. By ...
Category: Advertisement
Boy Arthur
At 6.15 P.M.
on the 4th October, it was reported to the Coxswain of the No. 1 Life-boat Alfred Carry, that a small boat was driving south in front of the town with two persons on board. As a fresh easterly wind was blowing...
Lark
In a strong E.S.E. gale, thick weather, and very choppy sea, on the 13th'December, the steam trawler Lark, belonging to Hull, and bound for that port with a load of fish, stranded on the rocks about five miles north of Flamborough Head...
William Berry
At 8.45 A.M. on the 15th March, when the wind was blowing a whole gale from S.W., with a very heavy sea running, the schooner William Berry broke from her moorings and commenced to drift to the shore on the opposite side of the bay, which is...