LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ski Queen
Hastings, Sussex.—At 9.25 P.M. on the 29th July the coastguard reported that a small motor boat, with two men on board, was in distress half a mile west of Fairlight look-out. A b'ght S.E.
breeze was blowing, with a...
Corn Rig
Caister, Norfolk.—At 6.13 A.M. on the 25th November, 1937, the watchman reported that a vessel was blowingcontinuously on her siren. A light west breeze was blowing, with a slight sea, and the weather was foggy. The pulling and sailing...
Maggie (1)
Newhaven and Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—Early in the morning of the 30th May, 1938, fishermen reported to the Newhaven life-boat station that the fishing smack Maggie, of Shoreham, was long overdue. A strong S.W. gale was blowing, with a...
The Sailing Boat Seagull (1)
Lowestoft, and Kessingland, Suffolk.— On the afternoon of 16th September, 1938, the coastguard reported that he had seen the sailing boat Sea-gull, of Lowestoft, capsize about three miles south of the harbour entrance. A fresh south breeze...
The S.S. Rocquaine
St. Ives, Cornwall.—At 9.40 in the morning of the 24th of April, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that the S.S.
Rocquaine, of Guernsey, had reported an explosion on board. She was on fire, and her master had been badly burnt...
Fiona
St. Helier, Jersey.—At six o'clock on the evening of the 28th of April, 1953, the harbourmaster rang up to say that the owner of the local fishing boat Fiona had reported that the boat was overdue with a crew of two, and that he felt...
None
Howth, Co. Dublin.—At 2.45 oi\ the afternoon of the 6th of June, 1953, a local boatman reported that a girl had fallen over a cliff into the sea at the Nose of Howth, half a mile from the harbour. At 2.55 the life-boat...
A Sailing Yacht
Dover, Kent. — About 4.15 on the afternoon of the 19th of July, 1953, the harbour board gateman at the Eastern Docks reported that a small sailing yacht with a crew of four had capsized at the eastern end of the...
The S.S. Wandle
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 7.50 on the evening of the 10th of September, 1953, the police reported that the S.S.
Wandle, of London, had wirelessed that she had an injured man on board and needed a doctor. About two...
The S.S. Guildford
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 1.20 on the afternoon of the 21st of September, 1953, the coastguard reported that the S.S.
Guildford, of London, which was off Southwold, was making for Gorleston to land a man who...