LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Jevington Court and Clan Morrison
MARCH 1ST. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
At 3.15 P.M. a ship’s boat was reported by the life-boat motor-mechanic to be adrift a mile from the shore, to the west of Sheringham. The coastguard at Skeldon Hill had also seen the boat...
Maurita, of Lancaster
Blackpool, Lancashire.—At 10.35 P.M.
on the llth December, 1937, the proprietor of an hotel on the south shore reported to the coxswain that a vessel off the shore, about a mile south of the south pier, was sending up...
A Javelin Aircraft
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. — At 10.35 on the morning of the 21 st of Octo- ber, 1954, the Barry Island coastguard reported that a message had been received from the R.A.F. No. 19 Group at Plymouth that the pilot of a Javelin aircraft,...
The Sailing Boat Olive
Falmouth, Cornwall.—At 9.30 on the night of the 14th of August, 1955, the police reported that a woman and her two sons, who were on holiday in Falmouth, had put off in the local sailing boat Olive the morning before for a trip in Falmouth...
The French Fishing Boat Claudie Giselle
St. Helier, Jersey. At 6.34 p.m. on 18th February, 1964, Jersey radio informed the honorary secretary that a radio telephone message had been intercepted stating that the French fishing boat Claudie Giselle was in distress and that her crew...
Karl Marx
BridlingtSn, Yorkshire. At 1.30 early on the morning of the 12th of October, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that green flares had been reported six to eight miles east-by- south of Flamborough Head. There was a moderate...
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Tenby, Pembrokeshire - At 7.48 p.m. on nth October, 1966, a young army officer was reported to have fallen over the cliff at Old Castle Head and a team of men with ropes had been sent to try to reach him from the top of the...
Penlee Lifeboat Disaster
Penlee Lifeboat Disaster With great sorrow the death is announced of the coxswain and crew of Penlee lifeboat which was lost on service on the night of Saturday December 19, 1981.
Penlee lifeboat, the 47ft Watson Solomon...
Category: Obituaries
Summity and Gronland
JULY 25TH. - DOVER, KENT. A 3.10 P.M. the Sandgate coastguard reported that a vessel which had been attacked by German aeroplanes was sinking off Sandgate, but said that naval motor boats were going to her help. At 3.30 P.M. it was reported...
Star of Victory
OCT. 25TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
Shortly before 9 A.M. the coastguard reported that the trawler Star of Victory, of Aberdeen, was ashore off Keiss, in Sinclair Bay. A light N.N.E. wind was blowing. The sea was smooth....