LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Line Delambre
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—On the morning of the 5th February the police reported that Ryde Hospital had received a message from Niton Radio Station that the liner Delambre, of Liverpool, bound from London to the River Plate, was at anchor...
An Aeroplane and B. S. Colling and Premier
Scarborough, Yorkshire. •—• At 11.10 A.M. on the 20th August the motor lifeboat Herbert Joy II was launched, as two cobles were at sea, and a strong N.W. breeze had got up, with a rough sea. Just as the life-boat was moving off a message was...
The S.S. Rivelin
Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 12.5 A.M. on the 29th January, 1938, the coastguard reported that a vessel was dragging her anchors across the bay towards Salt Island. A watch was kept on her, and at about 1.30 A.M. she was seen burning a flare. A...
The Aberdeen Motor Drifter Saxon
Cullercoats, Northumberland. —At 1.32 P.M. on the 23rd April, 1938, the Seaton Sluice coastguard reported a motor drifter on fire about two miles east of St. Mary's Island. A moderate N.N.E.
breeze was blowing, with a...
Orchis
Ramsgate, Kent.—At about 1.55 A.M.
on the 24th June, 1938, the watchman on the East Pier reported that a yacht south of the harbour was burning flares.
A light S.S.W. breeze was...
Vera
Southwold, Suffolk.—At 12.32 P.M.
on the 19th August, 1938, the coastguard reported that a small motor and sailing yacht, to the southward of Southwold, was making very heavy weather. A strong S.W. breeze was blowing, and...
Argo
On the evening of the 30th May the coastguard reported that a yacht was on, or just off, the West Rocks, apparently in difficulties. A strong E. by N. breeze was blowing, with a heavy sea. The yacht seemed unable to get away from the rock...
Only Two
Padstow, Cornwall.—On the evening of the 29th July the coastguard reported that a yacht was in distress in Constantine Bay. A strong S.W.
breeze was blowing, with a rough sea.
The No. 2 motor life-boat...
Good Luck
At 12.15 P.M. on the 12th October it was reported that the fishing boat Good Luck, of Folkestone, was in distress. The coastguard could see that the boat was flying a flag, but could not read the signal. It was decided to launch the motor...
None (2)
Howth, Co. Dublin.—At 5.25 in the evening of the 22nd of May, 1952, the Civic Guard reported that a boy had fallen down a cliff about one and a half miles from the harbour to the east of Howth Head. The life-boat R.P.L.
was...