LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dayspring
DUNCANNON, WATEHFORD HARBOUR.— On the 3rd March, at about 1.15 P.M., a vessel was seen to be striking heavily on the Bar. The Life-boat Richard and Ann Warner was got out, but owing to the state of the tide, and to the wind being in a S.S.E....
Thomas
NEW BRIGHTON.—Signal rockets indicating that the services of the Life-boatwere required, having been fired by the Light-vessel and Coastguard Station on the night of the 14th January, the No. 2 Life-boat Henry RicJiardson pnt off in tow of...
A Steamer
At 7.50 A.M. on 20th May a message was received from the Coastguard Station that the Kentish Knock Lightship had reported a large steamer ashore on the Knock Sands, but that she was not making a distress signal. Communica- tion was...
A Seaplane
At 9 A.M. on the 15th December the military authorities reported that signals of dis- tress had been observed in St. Andrews Bay. In response the Motor Life-boat Maria was launched. She proceeded to St. Andrews Bay, where she found an...
The S.S. Sverige
The s.s. Sverige, of Gefle, was mined when proceeding I through the Stanford Channel on the i 13th August. As the vessel commenced to settle down very rapidly, the Life- boat was launched with all expedition and proceeded to the assistance...
The S.S. Amy
Shortly after 5 A. M, on the llth October, it was reported that a vessel was ashore on the Sizewell Bank, and the No. 2 Life-boat Edward Z. Dresden was launched. A strong S.E. by E. wind was blowing, and a nasty sea was breaking on the Sand...
The Dutch Liner Nieuw Amsterdam
During a strong S.W. gale a Dutch liner named the Nieuw Amsterdam, of Rotterdam, ran ashore on the Goodwin Sands on the 27th December, and the Life-boat Charles Dibdin was promptly despatched to her assistance. On her arrival, however, the...
Gipsy Queen
On the morning of the 13th February, the local motor fishing boat Gipsy Queen, with two men on board, went out sprat-fishing off Fairlight Glen. Her engine broke down; she began to drift; and the men signalled for help. A moderate...
Caroline
EASTBOUBNE.—On the 3rd August, while a gale was blowing from S., accompanied by a very heavy sea and rain, the schooner Caroline, of London, bound from Qoole for Portland with a cargo of coal, parted her cable and drifted towards the shore,...
The S.S. Treneglos
WHITBURN, DURHAM.—The steam-tug Hook van Holland left Emden on the llth February at midday, having in tow the damaged s.s. Treneglos, of St.
Ives, intending to take her to South Shields, but early on the morning of the 14th...