LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Thelma
Early on the after- noon of the 7th December the Coast- guard reported that a motor yacht west of the jetty appeared to be in distress.
A strong N.E. breeze was blowing with a heavy sea, and hail showers. The Motor...
Northness
Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At 7.15 in the morning of the 27th of July, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore a mile west of Rue Point, and a few minutes later she was reported to be blowing S.O.S. on her whistle. The motor...
The Faroese Motor Vessel Ternan
Lerwick, Shetland*.—At 4.52 in the afternoon of the 3rd of August, 1949, the coastguard reported a message from the Thorshavn radio station that the Faroese motor vessel Ternan needed help twelve miles in an easterly direc- tion from Muckle...
The S.S. Cairo City
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.— At 4.34 in the morning of the 24th of September, 1949, the Gorleston coast- guard telephoned that the Cross Sand Lightvessel, which had a crew of seven, had reported that she had been in collision and...
Six Sisters
A three-masted schooner, the Six Sisters, of Hull, was anchored off the Grand Hotel, Sheringham, her auxiliary motor having broken down while she was bound to Portsmouth in ballast.
At 5.25 P.M. on the 31st May the coast-...
Yacht Mitzie
The Berry Head coastguard reported by telephone at 10.25 P.M. on the 3rd August that a small sailing yacht was close to the Outer Cod Rock, on which one of the crew of two had landed before dusk.
Flashes were seen from the...
Crystal, of Dieppe
Exmouth, Devon.—The motor life-boat Catherine Harriet Eaton was launched at 4.52 P.M. on the 15th November, as the coastguard had reported that a trawler, at anchor one mile off West Bay, was in need of help. She had asked for a tug earlier...
The Ostend Motor Trawler Roger Henri
North Sunderland, Northumberland.— At 2.55 A.M. on the 28th December the coastguard reported that the Longstone lighthouse was firing rockets. A strong S.S.E. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea, and the weather was very cold, with patches...
Nora, of Liverpool
Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. — Shortly after 4 A.M. oil the 23rd November, 1938, the coastguard telephoned that Corsewall lightkeepers had reported a a vessel apparently in distress near Milleur Beacon. A S.W. gale was blowing, with a rough...
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Flamborough, Yorkshire.—27th December, 1938. At about 11 P.M. the coastguard reported to the life-boat station that three rockets had been seen between Bempton lookout and Speeton coastguard station. A northerly gale was blowing, with a very...