LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
No. 1305
MOTOR LAUNCH ON THE SCROBY SANDS Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—Shortly after three in the morning of the 10th of June, 1947, the coast- guard reported flares, and the motor life-boat Louise Stephens was...
Peggy
MOTOR BOAT TOWED IN Torbay, Devon.—At 1.24 in the morning of the 18th of July, 1947, the Brixham coastguard reported that an SOS signal had been flashed close under Berry Head to the eastward, and the motor life-boat George Shee was launched...
The S.S. Wilh. Colding (1)
INJURED MAN BROUGHT ASHORE Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—Just before noon on the 23rd of August, 1947, the coastguard reported a message from the S.S. Wilh. Colding, of Copenhagen, which three days previously had been in collision and had been...
The American Oil-Tanker S.S. El Morro
10,000-TON STEAMER AGROUND Sheringham, Norfolk.—At 1.15 in the afternoon of the 14th of September, 1947, a vessel was reported apparently ashore on Sheringham Shoal, about six miles south-east of the town. She was kept under observation,...
Marita
MOTOR YACHT WITHOUT FUEL Selsey, Sussex.—-At 4.5 in the morning of the 31st of October, 1947, the coast- guard reported that a motor yacht, short of fuel and moored to the stern of the Owers Light-vessel, needed help, and the- motor...
The S.S. Fawn (1)
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. —• At 10.40 on the night of the 27th of January, 1948, the coastguard tele- phoned that the Scarweather Light- ship had reported flares fourteen miles to the southward, and at 11.10 the motor life-boat William...
Mallard
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 9.30 in the morning of the 14th of May, 1948, the police reported that at seven the pre- vious evening a man eighty years old had put oiit alone in the motor boat Mallard to fish, and had not been heard of since. The...
Rose of England
Tees mouth, and Redcar, Yorkshire.— At 6.40 in the evening of the 23rd of May, 1948, the South Gare coastguard reported both to Teesmouth and Redcar that a rowing boat, with three boys on board, was in difficulties near broken water...
Alisdair
The Humber, Yorkshire. — At about 7.45 on the morning of the 13th of June, 1948, the coastguard reported a vessel aground two and a half miles north-north-west of Donna Nook, and the motor life-boat Milburn, on tem- porary duty at the...
Dawn Patrol
The number, Yorkshire. — At 6.45 in the evening of the 7th of July, 1948, the Donna Nook coastguard reported a yacht firing red rockets two and a half miles east of Donna Nook, and at 7 o'clock the motor life-boat Milburn, on temporary...