LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Herring Boats
Early on the morning of the 17th January several local herring boats put off to fish in the bay. Later heavy S.W.
squalls sprang up, with a rough sea and rain. It was reported that some of the boats were in danger, and the...
William and Eliza
On the 25th March, while a strong breeze was blowing from N.E., accompanied by a rough sea and snow squalls, the Coastguard reported a vessel on the Buxey Sand, showing a signal of distress.
At 10.30 a.m. the Life-boat...
Ring Dove
At about 1 A.M. on the 1st February, the Coast- guard called the Coxswain of the Life- boat Co-operator No. 2 and reported that a vessel was making signals of distress near the Bull Point. The Life-boat was at once launched, and proceeded...
Brothers
During a moderate northerly gale with a choppy sea on the 30th July the ketch Brothers, of Cardigan, commenced to drag her anchors. As the vessel was on a lee shore signals of distress were made, and in response the crew of the Life-boat...
Problem
During a moderate S.W. gale with a rough sea on the 7th August, a steam-tug reported at about 9 P.M. that a vessel was ashore on Taylors Bank. The crew of the steam Life-boat Queen were assembled, and the boat proceeded to the position...
Harvest Home
At noon, on the 18th January, during a north-west gale, the Coastguard reported that a vessel was making for the Harbour, with part of her canvas blown away.
As the vessel—the schooner Harvest Home—was in considerable...
Luffra, of Douglas
CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN.—A small yacht, the Luffra, of Douglas, was reported to be in distress and quite unmanageable off Santon Head while a whole gale was blowing from N.E. with a very heavy sea, on the 29th May. The Life-boat...
An Ex-Naval Whaler
IN DISTRESS ON A PLEASURE TRIP Swanage, Dorset.—At 2.25 in the morning of the 30th of August, 1947, the coastguard reported a small boat flashing the SOS signal in Durlston Bay, and the motor life-boat Thomas Markby was launched at 2.50 in a...
The S.S. Grosvenor
DOCTOR TO A SCALDED SEAMAN Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland.— At about 7 o'clock in the evening of the 13th of October, 1947, the coastguard reported that the S.S. Grosvenor, which was lying off the harbour entrance, had signalled for a...
A Dinghy
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 5.23 in the morning of the 29th of April, 1948, the coastguard reported that a rubber dinghy, believed to have two people on board, could be seen two miles to the north-east. The motor life-boat Michael Stephens...