LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
R. T. B.
On the 15th February at about 5 P.M., while a whole gale was blowing from W.8.W., accompanied by a very heavy sea and thick weather with rain, the ketch R. T. B., of Bridgwater, laden with flour from Plymouth for Cardiff, was seen about two...
Lizzie Edith
The Steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland left her moorings at 11.25 A.M., on the 29th January, the Coxswain having observed a schooner in the outer roads, with a signal of distress flying.
A strong gale was blowing from N...
Tollesbury
The No. 1 Life- boat Eliza Harriet was launched at 4.35 A.M. on the 22nd March, during a strong N.E. gale, to the assistance of the barge Tollesbury of Ramsgate, which had stranded on the Longnose Rocks.
On arrival it was...
Daisy
DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN.—A signal of distress having been observed during a S.S.W. gale and a very heavy sea on the 4th January, the Douglas No, 2 Life-boat John Turner Turner was launched at 5 A.M., and found the schooner Daisy, of Chester,...
Liberator
WEXFORD.—On November 1st, during a strong gale from E.N.E., signals were observed from a vessel which, had strandedon the Dogger Bank. The Life-boat Civil Service No. 1 was immediately launched, and proceeded to render assistance. On...
Harmonie
ST. ANDREW'S, N.B.—On the 5th March, at about 1 P.M., during one of the most violent storms which has visited this coast for years, and amid blinding showers of snow, a schooner was observed being driven before the fury of the gale...
Minnie Elkin
LYDD, DUNGENESS.—The crew of the Lifeboat R.A.O.B. were summoned on the 29th November, during a moderate N.
breeze and hazy weather, signals of distress having been reported. The men promptly assembled, and at 1 A.M.,...
Annie
WEXFORD.—While a moderate gale was blowing from W.S.W., with a rough sea and showers of hail, on the 3rd March, the fishing-yawl Annie, of Wexford, was observed stranded on the S. side of Wexford Bar, with the seas breaking over...
Emily
CLOVELLY.—On the llth May the Coastguard patrol reported at 1 A.M.
that a vessel was showing signals of distress off the pier. He had hailed her, and her crew had stated that their boat had been washed away and they were...
Owain Tudur
At 4.20 P.M. on the 19th February, when the steamer Owain Tudur, of Hull, was proceeding to sea she took the ground, and the seas commenced to wash over her. The No. 1 Life-boat Sarah Jane Turner was launched to her assistance, but on...