LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dunluce
Portrush, Co. Antrim.—At about 4 P.M. on the llth August, 1939, the second coxswain of the life-boat reported that the motor fishing boat Dunluce, of Portrush, with a crew of four on board, was in need of help off Curran Point. A moderate...
Wisp
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. •— On Sunday the 10th September, 1939, the coastguard reported that the sailing yacht Wisp, of Shoreham, had capsized about one and a half miles to the south-ward of the harbour entrance. A fresh westerly wind was...
Fishing Boats (1)
Filey, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 4th of January, 1949, a south- easterly wind was blowing. It in- creased, and the sea became very rough.
The local fishing fleet was at sea. The first boat to arrive back reported...
Muriel I
Hastings, Sussex. — At 5.36 in the morning of the 16th of October, 1949, the coastguard reported a motor launch signalling for help off the harbour wall.
At 6.5 the life-boat Cyril and Lilian Bishop was launched in a...
The S.S. Ocean Coast
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 3.40 on the afternoon of the 26th of November, 1954, shipping agents reported that the master of the S.S. Ocean Coast, of Liverpool, which was anchored in Yarmouth Roads, was seriously ill and needed a doctor. No...
Fishing Boats (2)
Girvan, Ayrshire.—At ten o'clock on the morning of the 17th of February, 1955, the coxswain reported that local fishing boats were returning to the har- bour in a rough sea and a strong north- north-west wind, and that conditions at the...
Lead Us and Pilot Me II
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 12.30 in the afternoon of the 28th of March, 1952, the coastguard reported that a local fishing vessel was making heavy weather as she approached the har- bour, and at 12.50 the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was...
The S.S. Colonel Crompton
Bridlington, Yorkshire.—At 1.50 in the morning of the 25th of April, 1952, the harbour office reported that the S.S. Colonel Crompton, of London, was making for Bridlington Bay with an injured man and asked that a doctor be sent out to her....
An Army D.U.K.W.
Tenby, Pembrokeshire.—At 2.25 on the afternoon of the 10th of July, 1953, the coastguard reported that an Army D.U.K.W. was in distress near Manor- bier, and at 2.39 the life-boat John R.
Webb was launched. The sea was...
Rongorge
Beaumaris, Anglesey.—At 8.30 on the evening of the 20th of July, 1953, it was reported that the yacht Rongorge, which had anchored off Gallows Point with a crew of four, was dragging, and at 8.45 the life-boat Field Marshal and Mrs. Smuts...