LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sophie
Humber, Yorkshire.—At about 3.40 A.M. on the 30th August the life-boat watchman reported a vessel ashore on the Inner Binks, but not in immediatedanger. A light breeze was blowing, with a smooth sea. The motor life-boat City of Bradford II...
Almondine
The Humber, Yorkshire.—At 3.5 A.M.
on the 13th December, 1937, the watchman at the life-boat station reported that a vessel had run aground on the Trinity Sands. She appeared to be in no immediate danger, and the tide was...
Confid
Humber, Yorkshire.—Shortly before midnight on the 19th March, 1938, the motor vessel Confid, of Rotterdam, bound laden from Plymouth for Middlesbrough, ran aground on the Inner Binks. A moderate south-westerly breeze was blowing, with a...
Peggy (1)
New Quay and Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.
—At 1.40 P.M. on the 31st May, 1938, the coastguard reported that the fishing boat Peggy, of New Quay, with two men on board, had put out at 2 A.M.
and was long...
Young Mun
Tynemouth, Northumberland. — The motor life-boat Henry Frederick Swan was launched at 8.20 A.M. on the llth August, 1938, to go to the help of a vessel reported by the coastguard to be ashore at Souter Point. There was a dense fog. A...
Carry On
Aberdeen.—During the morning of the 25th August, 1938, the Gregness coastguard reported that distress signals had been heard off Girdleness.
Wind and sea were slight, but there was a dense fog. The No. 1 motor life-boat...
Ethel and Mother's Joy
The Coastguard reported about 4 P.M. on 4th December that the two local fishing boats Ethel and Mother's Joy were in distress ofi Seaham, and a few minutes later the Motor Life-boat Elliot Galer put out.
A whole...
A Small Fishing Boat Tulip
It was reported by the Coastguard at Cairnbulg at about 10.30 P.M. on 16th May, that the small fishing boat Tulip, of Fraserburgh, with two men on board, was in distress off Cairnbulg Beacon and drifting into the surf. The swell was heavy...
Dorothy
On the night of the 20th October the fishing boat Wenden came in and reported that the motor fishing boat Dorothy was in trouble off Berry Head, with her propeller fouled by nets. Her two occupants had asked for the motor trawler Cygnet to...
A Small Boat
At J1.15 P.M. on. the 30th June it was reported that two fishermen, who had gone out in a small boat fitted with a motor to haul their lobster pots, had not re- turned. The motor life-boat Cunard put out at 11.25 P.M. and went to the...