LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ocean Packet No. 3
NEWCASTLE, DUNDRUM BAY.—On the 17th April, at 9 A.M., the brigantine Ocean Packet No. 3, of Harlingen, was obliged by strong wind and heavy sea following on an easterly storm, to run .from her anchorage off St. John's Point and drive...
Hope
LOWESTOFT.—On the 8th October, at about noon, signals of distress were shown by a vessel outside the Holm Sand. A moderate gale from the N. was blowing at the time. The No. 1 Life-boat, Samuel Plimsoll, was launched, and on getting alongside...
Excelsior
WITHERNSEA.—On the 23rd January, the fishing smack Excelsior, of Grimsby, stranded about 150 yards N. of Withernsea Pier, having mistaken the pier light for that of a vessel at anchor. She burnt large flare light as a signal of distress, in...
Fishing Cobles (3)
NEWBIGGIN.—While fourteen cobles were out fishing on the 2nd April at about 11 A.M. the sea suddenly rose to a great height, and considerable anxiety was felt for the safety of the boats and their crews.
The Newbiggin...
Jane Smith
ST. IVES, CORNWALL.—The schooner Jane Smith, of Plymouth, bound from Llanelly to Ipswich with coal, was observed running for St. Ives Harbour at about 8 A.M. on the 15th of September, during a strong gale from the N. and heavy sea, with a...
Alecto
CAISTER, NORFOLK.—On the 5th June at 4 A.M. the barque Alecto, of Malta, bound from Cyprus to Aberdeen with locust beans, stranded on the Cross Sand during a fresh wind from 8.W. A yawl immediately proceeded to her, and remained alongside...
Ephrussi (1)
HARWICH AND ALDEBURGH.—Signals having been made by the light-vessels, the Springwell Life-boat stationed at Harwich and the Aldeburgh Life-boat at Aldeburgh were launched at 8 A.M. on the 5th June, and proceeded to the Shipwash Sands where...
Dekar
BERWICK-ON-TWEED.—On the 20th March, during a strong gale from "the E.N.E. and a heavy sea, the schooner Dekar, of Hull, was observed coming from the North close to the rocks, and evidently unable to clear the land. The Life-boat John...
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.,...
The S.S. Cerdic
CRESSWELL, NORTHUMBERLAND. — The Coastguard at Cresswell Point reported that a steamer was ashore about a mile S. of the Life-boat station, during a strong S.E. wind and a strong sea, on the 24th December, whereupon the Life-boat Ellen and...