LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Cecilia
At 3.30 P.M.
information was received that a vessel was flying signals of distress, and the crew of the Life-boat Charles Whiiton were assembled and the boat proceeded to sea in a heavy W.N.W. gale. When two miles S. by E....
Fortuna
On the evening of the 16th March the S.W.
wind at Holyhead is reported to have reached the force of a hurricane, and at 8.35 P.M. signals of distress were observed from the brigantine Fortuna, of Glasgow, and the ketch...
Mistletoe
The crab boat Mistletoe, of Clovelly, went off to haul the pots in the early morning of the 4th May, and when returning was overtaken by a gale. Men went to see if the boat could be seen, but it was not until 2 P.M. that it was reported that...
Cape Palliser
The Humber, Yorkshire. — At 2.20 A.M. on the 22nd August, 1939, the watchman reported that a trawler had gone ashore on the Inner Binks. A light N.N.W. breeze was blowing, with a slight swell, and the weather was foggy. The motor life-boat...
A Trawler (1)
Fenit, Co. Kerry.—21st July, 1939.
The life-boat put out at 8.45 P.M. indense fog to the help of a trawler which was reported to have struck Sibyl Head and to be making for Blasket Sound in a sinking condition. Mr. T....
Kopenes
The Humber, Yorkshire.—At 8.45 P.M. on the 22nd September, 1939, the signal station reported that red flares had been seen in an easterly direction. A fresh northerly wind was blowing, with a very rough sea. At 8.48 P.M. the motor life-boat...
Herga
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At about 4 P.M. on the 3rd October, 1939, the coastguard reported that a motor yacht, lying about two miles S.W. by S.
of Walton Pier, was flying distress signals. A moderate easterly gale was...
Premier and Pride
Scarborough, Yorkshire. — On the 31st October, 1939, a strong easterly wind was blowing, with a rough sea.
Two local fishing boats Premier and Pride were out, and anxiety was felt for their safety. The life-boat crew and...
A Trawler (3)
At 4.50 A.M.
on the 17th March a telephone call was received from Dublin that Valentia Wireless Station had reported a trawler in distress twenty-five miles S.S.W. of Mizen Head. A strong W.S.W. breeze was blowing, with a...
The S.S. Olavus
Skegness, Lincolnshire.—On the morning of the 26th January the coastguard reported that rockets had been seen by the Lynn Wells lightship from a steamer aground on the Dog's Head Sands. She was the s.s. Olavus, of Hull, bound in ballast...