LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Mydrecht
During fine weather, with a smooth sea, on the 4th April, the Coastguard reported shortly after midnight that a message had been received from the North Goodwin Light- vessel stating that a steamer was ashore on the Sands. The Life-boat...
Egremont
MARGATE.—On the evening of the 18th March the coastguards reported that a vessel off the Margate Sandhead buoy had just lost her foremast and gear, bnt was not showing any signal for assistance.
A strong gale was then...
Ocean and Queen's Jubilee
SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. — About 4.30 P.M. on the 15th April two fishermen reported that two cobles, engager! in crab-catching between four and five miles north-east of the Castle foot,were in danger owing to the strong sea and...
Sprig o' Heather
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.—On the morning of the 12th July the Fraserburgh coastguard telephoned that the watchman at Cairnbulg had reported a steam drifter ashore on Cairnbulg Briggs. The sea was smooth, with a light S.E. breeze, but a...
Celerity, Fisher Boy & Courage
On the even- ing of the 27th February, the honorary secretary was warned that the motor fishing boat Celerity, of Buckie, "had just arrived in the harbour and reported that the Wick fishing boat Fisher Boy, with a crew of five, was in...
Loch Buie, of Aberdeen
Stromness, Orkneys.—At 11.50 P.M. on the 8th March the Kirkwall coastguard reported that distress signals had been seen off Mull Head, Papa Westray, and that the life-boat was wanted. The motor life-boat J.J.K.S.W. put out at 12.15 A.M. on...
Sunshine, of Bridgwater
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. — At 2.2 P.M. on the 3rd December, 1937, the coastguard reported that a motor ketch anchored in the harbour was flying a signal of distress. A whole N.N.E. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea and squalls of rain. The...
Ben Chourn
Lerwick, Shetland*. — Early on the morning of the 31st January, 1938, the coastguard reported that a trawler was ashore on the island of Bressay. A S.S.W. gale was blowing, with a rough sea and showers of sleet. The motor life-boat Lady Jane...
Hagar
Barrow, Lancashire.—On the afternoon of the 17th February, 1938, the coastguard reported that a small boat was adrift abreast of Hilpsford Buoy, but that it was impossible to say if there was anyone on board. A N.E.
breeze...
The Imperial Airways Aeroplane Boadicea (1)
Dungeness, Kent, and Hastings, Sussex.
—On the evening of the 25th September it was reported by the coastguard that the Imperial Airways aeroplane Boadicea, bound from Croydon to Paris, was missing. She had last been seen...