LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Chieftain
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—During the afternoon of the 12th February, 1938, the barge Chieftain, of London, bound with a cargo of wheat for Ipswich, was overtaken by bad weather when off Walton-on-the-Naze. She had two men and a woman on...
Jane Mary Jane, Cornelia and Ynys Lochtyn
New Quay, Cardiganshire.—On the morning of the 15th of September, 1956, a heavy storm came up from the south-east. The majority of the fish- ing boats which were at sea had re- turned to harbour, but it was reported that the fishing...
Ferm
Newburgh, Aberdeenshire.—At 9.20 On the night of the 1st of March, 1957, a member of the life-boat crew reported that he had seen a distress signal near the mouth of the River Ythan. The Belhelvie coastguard was immediately contacted but...
Gold Mist
Dover, Kent.—At 2.28 early on the morning of the 12th of July, 1957, the Lloyds signal station reported that a yacht was drifting off South Foreland.
At 2.40 the life-boat Greater London (Civil Service No. 3). on temporary...
Dreamer II
Selsey, Sussex.—At 4.45 on the night of the 27th of July, 1957, the coast- guard telephoned that the yacht Dreamer II, of Bosham, needed help six and a half miles south of Selsey.
At 11.58 the life-boat Canadian Pacific was...
A Small Boat, a Racing Dinghy and a Yacht
Falmouth, Cornwall. — About six o'clock on the evening of the 25th of August, 1957, the St. Anthony coast- guard reported that a small boat appeared to be in difficulty off St.
Mawes harbour. The life-boat Crawford and...
A Converted Ship's Boat
New Brighton, Cheshire. At 3.10 on the afternoon of the 23rd of May, 1958, the motor mechanic told the honorary secretary that a converted ship's boat was reported to be in difficulties in the Rock Channel and drifting out to...
The S.S. Binnendijk
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 11.15 P.M.
* * on the 7th October, 1939, the coastguard informed the life-boat station that signals of distress had been seen near Grove Point. A message was received a few minutes later that a ship was...
The Curlew
AN INEXPERIENCED CREW Stromness, Orkneys.—At midnight on the 15th of July, 1947, the Kirkwall coastguard telephoned that the motor boat Curlew, of Kirkwall, had left Rousay at about nine o'clock for Kirk- wall but that nothing had been...
Morning Star
MORE LOBSTER FISHERS IN DISTRESS Helvick Head, Co. Waterford.—At about 1.15 in the afternoon of the 21st of August, 1947, the civic guard reported that the salmon yawl Morning Star, of Helvick, which had been lobster fishing, was in...