LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Looe Fishing Boat
DECEMBER 1 1TH. - FOWEY, CORNWALL.
A Looe fishing boat had been reported overdue, but she reached harbour unaided. - Rewards, £13 2s. 6d..
A Boat (5)
DECEMBER 31ST. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE, AND HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE. A boat with twenty men on board had been reported adrift in the Dee Channel, but nothing was found. - Rewards : Rhyl. £20 15s. ; Hoylake, £31 3s. 6d..
A Large Pontoon
FEBRUARY 4TH. - DUNMORE EAST, CO. WATERFORD. A large pontoon was drifting south-east of Hook, but no one was on board. - Rewards, £5 16s. 6d.
A Steamer (49)
DECEMBER 31ST. - ARRANMORE, CO. DONEGAL. An unknown steamer had been torpedoed 12 miles north west of Horr Head, but she was towed to safety by a tug.- Rewards, £22 19s. 6d..
A Rowing Boat
APRIL 22ND. - TORBAY, DEVON. A rowing boat with two sailors on board had not returned, but next morning it was found on Preston Beach. - Rewards, £8 4s.
A Trawler (3)
APRIL 5TH - COURTMACSHERRY HARBOUR, CO. CORK. A trawler’s engines had broken down, but she repaired them and she was able to go on her way.- Rewards, £4 13s. 6d.
The Merchant Shipping Act, 1876
THERE can be few Englishmen who are not aware that during several years past a very uneasy feeling has pervaded the British mind as regards the general status of our "Mercantile Marine," alike as regards the vessels of which it is...
Category: Articles
A Yacht (2)
AUGUST 6TH. - BALLYCOTTON, CO.
CORK. During a race a yacht had been blown out to sea, but she was picked up by a trawler. - Rewards, £11 0s. 6d..
A Rowing Boat
JANUARY 4TH. - POOLBEG, CO. DUBLIN.
A boy in a rowing boat had got into difficulties, but was helped by a dredger.- Rewards, £12 7s. 6d..
A Patrol Yacht
NOVEMBER 14TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. A patrol yacht had been reported in need of help in a gale in a rough sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards £12 15s. 6d..