LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Hansa
Boulmer, Northumberland. — Early on the morning of the 20th March the lights of a vessel were seen through the haze to the S.E. of Boulmer. Shortly afterwards she struck the rocks at Boulmer Steel, and made signals of distress. A freshening...
The S.S. Fulham II
FEBRUARY 19TH - TYNEMOUTH , NORTHUMBERLAND. At 11.30 A.M. the life-boat station received a telephone call from the Port War Signal Station that a vessel had been mined east of the North Pier, and the motor life-boat John Pyemont was launched...
Cassandra, of Liverpool
Again, on that day, during a gale from the W.N.W., the barque Cassandra, of Liverpool, was wrecked in Compton Bay, near this Life- boat Station, while on a voyage to the Thames from Madras. The Life-boat George and Anne was taken to the Bay,...
The S.S. Linwood
OCT. 12TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. - At about 11.10 P.M. the coastguard reported that a vessel was believed to be in distress a mile S.E. of the station. The report was confirmed, and the No. 2 motor life-boat, Harriot Dixon, was launched by...
The Keel Boat Prosperity
MAY 7TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE. At 7.15 A.M. the coastguard reported that a keel boat three miles off was showing a distress signal. She was the Prosperity, of Whitby, with a crew of five. A light westerly wind was blowing and the sea was...
The S.S. Napier
TYNEMOUTH.—At about 12.45 P.M. on the 25th May alarm guns were fired from the Spanish Battery indicating a vessel in distress. Crowds of people at once rushed to places from which the harbour could be seen, and observed that a steamer was...
The S.S. Citrine
telephone message, stating that a vessel was ashore near Thorpness, was received at 7.50 A.M. on the 7th January, and the No. 2 Life-boat Edward G. Dresden was immediately despatched to her assistance.
There was a moderate...
Of the Motor Yacht "Ericht"
- of the Motor Yacht "Ericht". - View image in PDF
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Chase, of Shields
On the 1st Jan- uary, 1867, the brig .Chase, of Shields, was observed near this place with signals of distress flying. The life-boat Parses was conveyed along shore, and launched abreast of the vessel, which had grounded upon Horsey Beach....
The Newarp Lightvessel
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 9.38 on the night of the 16th of March, 1953, the Gorleston coastguard passed on a report from the Trinity House Superintendent that a member of the crew of the Newarp lightvessel had been injured...