LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sensation
ALDEBURGH.—On the morning of the 1st November the coastguard on duty reported that guns were being fired and signal flags shown on board a vessel aground on the Shipwash Sands. A strong N.W. breeze was blowing, theTe was a moderately rough...
Endeavour, Faith Star, Progress, Venus, Lead Us, Provider A, etc
Whitby, Yorkshire. — At eleven in the morning of the 7th of March, 1952fishermen reported that conditions on the outer harbour bar were very dangerous for returning fishing boats, and at 11.15 the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was...
Caldergate
Ramsgate, Kent. — At C.25 in the evening of the 23rd of April, 1952, the shore attendant on the East Pier reported a ship aground near the Quern Buoy on the Brake Sands, and at 6.39 the life-boat Prudential left her moorings in a smooth sea....
Fishing Vessels
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 9.20 on the morning of the 30th of September, 1952, the coastguard reported that five fishing vessels were at sea in deteriorat- ing weather, and at 9.40 the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched, with the...
A Boat
Newbiggin, Northumberland.—At8.10 on the morning of the 10th of Septemher, 1953, a life-boatman reported that a local boat was adrift with no one on board north of Newbiggin Point. At 8.30 the life-boat Richard Ashley was launched in a...
Minnie
Workington, Cumberland.—At 4.35 on the afternoon of the 1st of November.
1953, the coastguard rang up to say that the dock police had reported that four youths had put off in the fishing boat Minnie, of Maryport, but that...
The Sand-Sucker Agivey
Ramsgate, Kent.—At about 4.45 A.M.
on the 26th November, 1938, the coastguard reported that a vessel about a mile N.E. of the Brake Light-vessel was burning flares. A S.S.W. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea. The reserve...
Sandwich
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 3.49 on the after- noon of the 14th of December, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that the harbour office had reported a boat in need of help off West Cliff lift in Pegwell Bay. At 3.57 the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis...
None (2)
At about 8.40 P.M.
on the 26th January, the coastguard reported that news had been received from Herne Bay that two rockets had been seen in the neighbourhood of the Girdler lightvessel. A moderate N.N.W. gale was blowing,...
Mary
Filey, Yorkshire.—On the late after- noon of the 24th of November, 1950, the fishing boat Mary, of Filey, was reported overdue. Although the sea was slight and the wind light from the north-east, the state of the tide with approaching...