LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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SEPTEMBER 3RD. - MARGATE, KENT.
At 10.15 A.M. the coastguard reported that a man had dropped by parachute into the sea seven miles N.E. of Reculver. The sea was smooth, with a light N.W. wind. The motor life-boat J. B....
H.M. Motor Torpedo Boat 2007
MAY 22ND. - ABERDEEN, AND TORRY LIFE-SAVING APPARATUS. At 5.26 in the afternoon the harbour master reported that H.M. motor torpedo boat 2007 had stranded one hundred and fifty yards east of the old south breakwater. A north-easterly wind...
S.S. Jeanette, of Ostend
JUNE 15TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 8.15 in the morning the Great Yarmouth coastguard reported a vessel aground two and a half miles east of Corton. A light north-west breeze was blowing, with a moderate...
The S.S. Empire Gatehouse, Formerly Jutland
DECEMBER 28TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
At 11.13 in the morning, the coastguard reported that North Foreland Radio had received an SOS call from the S.S.
Empire Gatehouse, formerly the German steamer Jutland....
A Small Motor Boat Flora MacDonald
MAY 10TH. - TROON, AYRSHIRE. At eight in the evening of the 9th a man went out in his small motor boat Flora MacDonald, with his father-in-law. At 11.50 his wife reported that the boat had not returned.
At 12.45 next...
Diana III, of Appledore
SEPTEMBER 12TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL.
At 6.46 in the evening the Bude coastguard reported that a boat, a mile off Bude breakwater, needed help. A strong west-south-west wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. At seven o’clock...
A False Alarm
EARLY in the morning of 22nd August the Selsey Motor Life-boat was launched iu answer to signals from what appeared to be a vessel in distress off Bognor.
She cruised about for three hours, but could find no sign of any...
Category: Articles
Safety campaign packs a punch
He has taken on some of the most powerful sportsmen on the planet, but when it came to tackling the water, England rugby star James Haskell had to admit defeat.
James put his weight behind the launch of Respect the Water,...
Category: Articles
Rose of England and Yewdale
FEBRUARY 3 RD. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. At 8.35 A.M. a fisherman reported that two ships were being attacked by enemy aircraft. This was confirmed by the coastguard. A light breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. At 8.45 A.M. the motor...
The S.S. Domala and Jonge Willem
MARCH 2ND. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.
At 5 P.M. the naval authorities reported that the S.S. Domala had been bombed by eriemy aircraft in the Channel, and that the Dutch steamer Jonge Willem was off Newhaven, with survivors on...