LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Kirkcudbright.—On the night of the 20th January, 1938, information was received from the Isle of Whithorn coastguard that a steamer in Port Yerrock Bay appeared to be dragging her anchor in a dangerous position.

A strong...

TOW BY LIFE-BOAT ON PASSAGE Life-boat on passage. On the 13th July, 1962, the reserve life-boat Richard Silver Oliver was on passage from Kirkcudbright to Portpatrick. There was a light south-westerly breeze and a smooth sea. At 10.10 in the...

Kirkcudbright.—Early in the morning of the 31st July the Isle of Whithorn coastguard reported that a small yacht, anchored in Whithorn bay, was in a dangerous position, owing to a change in the direction of the wind. A moderate S.W. gale was...

On the 18th Jan. intelligence was received at the Isle of Whithorn that a large threes-masted vessel was at anchor in Luce Bay, in a position of some peril. The Charlie Peek Life-boat was thereupon quickly launched through a heavy sea, and,...

During a gale of wind on the 3rd May, the smack Vale of Gonway, of Port Dinorwic, was seen in a disabled state at some distance from the land, off the south end of the Isle of Whithorn, in Wigtonshire. The Life-boat Charley Peek "was...

NOVEMBER 23RD. - KIRKCUDBRIGHT.

At 1.15 P.M. the Portpatrick coastguard reported that fire and smoke had been seen some miles S.S.W. of Ravenshall Point, and fifteen minutes later the Isle of Whithorn coastguard reported...

OCTOBER 31ST. - KIRKCUDBRIGHT. At 8.5 at night the Portpatrick coastguard reported a fishing vessel making distress signals off the Isle of Whithorn. A strong southerly breeze was blowing, with heavy rain. The sea was very rough. The motor...

JANUARY 16TH. - KIRKCUDBRIGHT. At 11.15 on the night of the 15th of January the Isle of Whithorn coastguard reported a vessel ashore at Steenhead. She was the Dutch tanker Barendrecht, a vessel of several thousand tons, bound for the Clyde....