LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
L.C.T.908
NOVEMBER 13TH. - WELLS, NORFOLK.
At 5.50 in the evening the coastguard reported a landing craft in need of help outside Wells harbour. A strong north-west wind was blowing, with a rough sea ; it was raining and visibility...
A Boat (5)
DECEMBER 25TH. - LOWESTOFT SUFFOLK.
At 3.45 P.M. a man told the life-boat, coxswain that a small boat was in difficulties in the South Roads, and this was reported to the naval duty officer who kept the boat under...
The S.S. Faxfleet
JANUARY 15TH. - WELLS, NORFOLK.
At 11.49 A.M. the coastguard reported a ship apparently aground about four miles east of the look-out at Wells. A strong E.N.E. wind was blowing, and the sea was rough. The motor life-boat...
Margaret, Boy Don and Alsace Lorraine
APRIL 24TH. - PENLEE, CORNWALL. At 6.30 A.M. the coastguard reported a fishing boat in distress S.W. of Penzer Point, and the motor life-boat W. and S. was launched at 6.50 A.M.
An E.S.E. gale was blowing, with a rough...
Two Danish Motor Fishing Vessels, The Mary Iversen and The Gadanus
MAY 13TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
At 11.52 in the morning the coastguard reported two Danish motor fishing vessels, the Mary Iversen and the Gadanus, in difficulties on the Inner Middle Sandbank.
A...
The Norwegian Motor Tanker Athos, of Flekkefjord
AUGUST 3RD. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.
At three in the afternoon the coastguard reported a vessel aground south of Holyhead in dense fog. There was no wind and the sea was smooth. At 3.10 the motor life-boat John and Mary...
Birte, of Copenhagen
OCTOBER 4TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 6.35 in the morning, the Deal coastguard reported a steamer aground on the Goodwin Sands. An easterly wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 2) was...
The Norseman, of Montrose
OCTOBER 31ST. - KIRKCUDBRIGHT. At 8.5 at night the Portpatrick coastguard reported a fishing vessel making distress signals off the Isle of Whithorn. A strong southerly breeze was blowing, with heavy rain. The sea was very rough. The motor...
The S.S. Empire Conleith, of London
FEBRUARY 15TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESS- SHIRE. At 4.5 in the afternoon the Wick coastguard reported that the S.S.
Empire Conleith, of London, bound with coal for Iceland, had broken down three miles north of Dunnet Head and was...
Nancy Moran, of London and Nuculana
MAY 30TH. - WALMER, KENT. Shortly after five in the morning information was received through the coastguard that the South Goodwin Lightship had reported a collision.
The sea was smooth, but there was a thick fog, and the...