LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Eemshorn
Moelfre, Anglesey. At 12.45 early on the morning of the 23rd October, 1961, Anglesey radio station informed the honorary secretary that the cargo on board the motor vessel Eemshorn of Delfzijl had shifted and that the vessel was listing...
Tregenna Castle
St. Ives, Cornwall.—At 9.45 on the night of the 15th of July, 1956, the coastguard reported that a skiff with one man aboard was adrift in the bay with no oars. The life-boat Edgar George Orlando and Eva Child was launched at 10.10 in a...
Syrinx
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 8.43 on the evening of the 31st of July, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that the S.S. Greyfriars had reported that the motor cruiser Syrinx, of London, which had a crew of five, had broken down and was...
Corah
St. Mary's, Scilly Islands. — About eleven o'clock on the night of the 8th of August, 1956, it was reported that the fishing boat Corah, with five people on board, was overdue. The life-boat Guy and Clare Hunter was launched at 11.50...
Armen
Dover, Kent. — At 11.50 on the morning of the 13th of August, 1956, the Sandgate coastguard reported that the German tanker Wilhelmina Ess- berger had requested the help of the life-boat to land survivors from the French yacht Armen. Her...
Morning Star
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 10.42 on the morning of the 18th of August, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that the Worthing beach inspector had reported a small yacht apparently in trouble off Splash Point, Lancing.
The...
A Boat (2)
Dover, Kent.—At 1.12 on the aftefc noon of the 19th of May, 1957, the Sandgate coastguard reported that the South Goodwin lightvessel hadreported a boat drifting three quarters of a mile north-north-west of the lightvessel. At 1.30 the...
Pathfinder
Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.—At 2.17 on the morning of the 16th of July, 1957, the coastguard reported that a red flare had been seen six miles south- south-west of Portpatrick. At 2.30 the life-boat Edward Z. Dresden, on temporary duty at the...
Castle Combe
Clovelly, Devon.—At 1.40 early on the morning of the 7th of September, 1957.
the Hartland coastguard reported that •A vessel was in difficulties north of Hartland Point. The life-boat Wil- liam Cantrell Ashley was launched...
Rustler
Filey, Yorkshire.—At 3.48 on the afternoon of the 15th of September, 1957, the coastguard reported that a yacht had capsized in Filey Bay.
The life-boat The Isa and Penryn Milsted was launched at 4.5 in a moder- ate swell....