LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Cranmere, of Poole
NOVEMBER 6TH. - CLOUGHEY, CO.
DOWN. At 9.47 at night the Tara coastguard reported a vessel in distress in the entrance to Strangford Lough. A light northeasterly breeze was blowing and the sea was calm, but it was very...
Glencoe, of Rochester
DECEMBER 23RD. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. At four in the morning the Walton-on-the-Naze coastguard reported a message received from the S.S. Parkeston that a barge was in distress on Platters Ground.
A fresh...
The Motor Fishing Coble Onward
OCT. 4TH. - BOULMER, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 9.45 A.M. the Craster coastguard reported that the motor fishing coble Onward was disabled a mile off the harbour. A strong E.S.E. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea.
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The Irish Steamer Kerrymore
NOVEMBER 21ST. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. At 12.55 in the morning the watchman reported rockets and flares from a ship between South Shear Buoy and Tuskar, and at 1.5 the motor life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson was launched. A southerly...
The S.S. Ala
MAY 17TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. At 4.36 P.M. the coastguard reported that a German aeroplane was attacking shipping about two miles south of the harbour, and a few minutes later that the aeroplane had crashed on fire. The motor...
A Rubber Dinghy (1)
JULY 4TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 2.15 P.M. the Ramsgate naval base asked the life-boat crew to stand by from 3 P.M.
This they did. An hour later they were asked to go out to a rubber dinghy reported to be off Birchington with...
R.A.F. Rescue Launch No. 164
MARCH 3RD. - NEW BRIGHTON , CHESHIRE. At 6.25 P.M . the Hoylake coastguard reported a motor boat in difficulties on Burbo Bank, and the No. 2 motor life-boat Edmund and Mary Robinson left her moorings at 6.45 P.M. A moderate S.E. wind was...
New Skylark
APRIL 17TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT.
During the afternoon the naval base reported a fishing boat in difficulties off Foreness Point, and the motor life-boat Agnes Cross, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 3.50 P.M....
Silver Cloud
MAY 25TH. - GOURDON, KINCARDINESHIRE. At 1.15 in the afternoon the harbour master reported that the motor fishing boat Silver Cloud, of Gourdon, returning from the fishing ground, had been hit by a big sea and her engine had failed. A...
Empire Daffodil
JANUARY 21ST. - ABERDEEN. At 10.25 A.M. Findon coastguard reported a vessel two miles S. by E. flying a distress signal, and the No. 1 motor life-boat Emma Constance was launched at 10.45 A.M. A moderate E.S.E. gale was blowing, with a heavy...