LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Isabella and Nina
On the morning of the 20th June the coast- guard reported that a small local fishing boat, the Isabella and Nina, with one man on board, was fishing south of Dundonnie Head, and as a strong gale was blowing from the north, and the sea was...
Rosyth
Early on the morn- ing of the 26th April the steamer Rosyth, of Dundee, bound from Goole to Bou- logne with a cargo of coal, ran on to the Goodwin Sands E. by N. of the Brake light-vessel. The coastguard reported her, and the motor life-boat...
The Harbour Tug Adur II
On the afternoon of the 2nd October the coast- guard reported that the Shoreham Harbour tug Adur II, while towing a hopper out to sea, had fouled^her propeller, and was drifting on to a lee shore. A strong, and increasing, S. breeze was...
Apricity
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—On the afternoon of the 25th March the coastguard reported that a vessel north of the harbour was blowing for help. A moderate N.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea, and there...
The Lighthouse Tender Pharos
Arbroath, Angus. — At 11.30 P.M.
on the 16th November, 1938, the police reported that the lighthouse tender Pharos was to land a sick lightkeeper from the Bell Rock. A strong W.S.W. wind was blowing, and the sea was too...
Prince
Torbay, Devon.—At 6.55 P.M. on the 16th January, 1939, it was reported that the open motor fishing boat Prince, of Torquay, with three men on board,was overdue on a trip from Torquay to Brixham, and that owing to the poor condition of her...
Virginia
FISHING BOAT MISSING FOR FOUR DAYS Skegness, Lincolnshire.—The fishing- smack Virginia, of Boston, Lincoln- shire, with a crew of three, which had gone to sea on January 1st, 1947, had not returned. Aeroplanes searched for her and radar was...
Jessie
ONE MAN IN A BARGE RESCUED Selsey, Sussex.—At 8.20 in the morn- ing of the 15th of March, 1947, the coastguard reported that a vessel at anchor three miles south-west from Bill Tower Look-out was flying a distress signal. A moderate...
Arthur Rogers
ESCORTING A YACHT Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 7.0 in the evening of the 4th of April, 1947, the Warden Point coastguard reported that a yacht was ashore on Redsands about two miles south-east of Redsand Towers and that seas were...
Garlingstone
Ballycotton, Co. Cork.—At 11.50 A.M.
on the 16th March the Civic Guard telephoned that a man had reported a sailing vessel in difficulties in Ballycroneen Bay. A moderate southerly gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea...