LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Integrity
At 2.15 A.M.
on the 24th January the Coastguard reported that a message had been received stating that a smack was ashore about two miles below the town, near Covehithe. The No. 1 Life-boat Alfred Gorry was smartly launched...
Harry
.—At 2.45 A.M., on the 13th March, the Coast- guard reported by telegram that flares were being burnt off Porthcurnow, close to the shore. The Life-boat Ann Newbon was launched, and when near Porth- curnow they observed a flare. They ...
Lilian
In the early morning of the 12th-13th July the cutter Lilian, of Arklow, stranded on the bar of Tacumshane, about six miles from Kilmore Quay. At low water two of the crew managed to get ashore and made for Kilmore for...
Secret
WHITBY.—Soon after 10 o'clock on the morning of the 15th January, while a fresh gale was blowing from W.N.W., with a moderately rough sea, it was reported that the coble Secret, which had gone out fishing about two hours previous, had...
Afternoon
At 11.10 P.M.
on the 4th June the Coastguard reported that the Swin Middle Light-vessel was firing signals of distress. The crew of the motor Life-boat Albert Edward were at once assembled and the boat...
An Aeroplane
On 14th January a man from Dinmor Quarry saw an aeroplane apparently nose-dive either on to Puffin Island or into the sea, and reported it to the Coastguard, who notified the Life-boat Station.
This was at 3.30 P.M. The...
The Admiralty Trawler Kirkella
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- * folk.—At 2.40 A.M. on the 20th October, 1939, the Gorleston coastguard reported that a vessel north of the St.
Nicholas Light-vessel had fired distress signals. The light-vessel also...
The Former Royal Air Force Rescue Launch Golden Gremlin
OLD RESCUE LAUNCH RESCUED Torbay, Devon.—At 12.25 in the afternoon of the 16th of March, 1947, the Berry Head coastguard reported that a message had been received from the Torquay police that a resident had seen a small vessel of a naval...
Leda
Margate, Kent.—At 6.30 in the morning of the 6th of April, 1947, the coastguard reported that a vessel was drifting four miles north-north-west of Margate. A fresh south-westerly breeze was blowing, with a rough sea.
The...
The S.S. Wisbech
— On the night of the 14th April the coastguard reported red flares some distance north- east of Blyth. A strong S.W. wind was blowing, with a moderate sea.
The motor life-boat Joseph Adlam was launched at 10.40 P.M., and...