LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (3)
JANUARY 30TH - 1ST FEBRUARY. SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, and with the help of fifty soldiers the motor life-boat Foresters Centenary was launched at 12.6 P.M.
A light S.W. wind was...
A Boat (3)
APRIL 29TH. - SALCOMBE, DEVON. At 12.25 in the afternoon the coastguard at Hope Cove reported that eight men in a 16-feet boat had stranded on Book Rock near Thurlestone. An E.S.E. gale was blowing, with a rough sea, and the men, who were...
Chandos, of Grimsby
APRIL, 22ND. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
At 10.55 at night the life-boat watchman reported a vessel aground on the Binks. Shortly afterwards she signalled SOS by whistle. The weather was fine, with a light variable wind and a...
Volant, of Kirkwall
JUNE 18TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.
At nine in the evening the coastguard reported a schooner flying the N.C. distress signal one and a half miles west-south-west of South Stack. The sea was smooth, with a light variable wind...
An R.A.F. Rescue Launch and a Dinghy From a Wellington Aeroplane
SEPTEMBER 2ND. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
Soon after six in the morning the coastguard reported that a dinghy from a Wellington aeroplane had been seen nearly nine miles from Skegness pier. A strong south-easterly wind of...
The S.S. Charlus, of Sunderland
DECEMBER 14TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 10.45 in the morning the coastguard reported white rockets at Bullers of Buchan, about four miles to the south of Peterhead. A strong south-south-east wind was blowing, with a...
Etleena, of London
JANUARY 19TH. -SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 8.30 in the morning the naval control reported a vessel in need of help one mile south of the Medway Gate. A strong north-west wind was blowing, with a rough sea and snow squalls. The motor...
The S.S. Lagosian and the S.S.. Ashly
SEPTEMBER 2ND. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 11.10 P.M. the coastguard reported two vessels on fire, one five miles S.E.
of Rattray Head and the other about ten miles E.S.E. from Peterhead. They belonged...
H.M. Destroyers G51 and H78 (1)
OCTOBER 17TH. - SEAHAM, DURHAM, AND CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND.
During the morning the coastguard reported that two vessels were ashore off Whitburn.
A moderate breeze was blowing, with a moderately rough...
Lewant
NOVEMBER 6TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO.
DOWN. At 10.30 P.M. the coastguard at Donaghadee reported a steamer ashore in Belfast Lough. A moderate N.E. breeze was blowing, but the sea was rough. A later message asked for help, and the...