LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Ringwood
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 3.57 in the morning on the 4th of August, 1951, the Needles coastguard telephoned the life-boat authorities that the S.S.
Ringwood had reported people from a capsized boat hanging on to Sconce...
Gerco
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 11.16 P.M. on the 24th January, 1939, the coastguard reported a vessel making signals on her siren. The night was misty with a light S.S.E. wind and a moderate swell. Later the coastguard reported that a vessel...
Cristo
LIFE-BOAT STANDS BY HOLED COASTER New Brighton, Cheshire. At seven o'clock on the evening of Friday the 26th of July, 1963, the Formby coastguard reported that the coaster Cristo of Liverpool was aground near C.I5 buoy but was in no...
A Cabin Cruiser
FLASHING LIGHT SEEN Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 12.40 p.m. on 26th September 1965, the coastguard notified the honorary secretary that the coaster Mary Birch had reported at 11.30 a.m. seeing a small flashing light north-west of Blacktail...
Johnsons and Rob Roy
Blyth, Northumberland.—At noon on the 10th of December, 1955, the •coastguard rang up to say that a man had reported that he had received a wireless message from the fishing hoat Golden Days. She reported that she was escorting the fishing...
Dot
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 2.52 on the afternoon of the 27th of August, 1957, the coastguard reported that a local fishing boat was flying a distress signal about two miles south-east of the harbour. The life-boat Greater London (Civil Service...
West Wind
Walton and Frinton, Essex. At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 22nd of October, 1957, the coastguard telephon- ed that the master of the Sunk light- vessel had reported that the yacht West Wind had made fast to the stern of the...
Tracy Jane
Workington, Cumberland - At 7.20 p.m. on 31st March, 1969, the coastguard reported that the cabin cruiser Tracy Jane, with one crew member on board, was in difficulties between Parton and Harrington. The life-boat Manchester and Salford XXIX...
Andante
Southend-on-Sea, Essex - At 8.53 p.m. on 18th May, 1969, the coastguard reported that a motor boat, on passage between West Mersea and East Shoebury, was overdue. The m.v. City of Capetown reported sighting a boat aground on the Maplin sands...
A Dinghy (2)
North Sunderland, Northumberland - At 9.32 p.m. on 30th August, 1969, the coastguard reported that red flares had been sighted at the Inner Fame.
The life-boat Edward and Mary Lister was launched at 9.50. It was two hours...