LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Silver Line, Effort, Progress, Floral Queen and Good Faith
A DANGEROUS HARBOUR BAR Whitby, Yorkshire.—At about 11.30 in the morning of the 4th of December, 1947, word was received that local fishing cobles and other boats were coming in. The tide was ebbing, a light easterly breeze was blowing and...
Ebenezer
Baltimore, Co. Cork;—At about 9.20 in the morning of the 9th of June, 1948, fishermen returning to harbour reported a boat in distress off Fastnet Rock.
It was thought that she might be the local motor fishing boat Ebenezer...
White Wave
Newhaven, Sussex.—At 12.30 in the afternoon of the 10th of August, 1949, the coastguard telephoned that a motor boat was in distress and in danger of •drifting ashore three-quarters of a mile west-south-west of Seaford and a half- mile off...
Fishing Boats
FIVE COBLES ESCORTED BACK IN GALE Scarborough, Yorkshire. On the morning of the 31st May, 1962, when five local fishing boats were at sea, a strong northerly gale blew up and the sea became very rough. As conditions were growing worse, the...
Pilot Me
FISHING COBLE AT SEA At 11.15 a-m- on 3otn October, 1963, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that the local fishing coble Pilot Me was at sea in very bad weather, and the coxswain thought that she would have difficulty in returning...
Beautiful Star
Dunbar, East Lothian.—During the morning of the 14th of June, 1955, it was reported that the local fishing boat Beautiful Star, which had a crew of two, was overdue. At 12.15 a message from Skateraw stated that she had been seen drifting and...
Lead Us
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 1.55 on the afternoon of the 18th of December, 1955, the skipper of a fishing boat told the second coxswain that the weather had made conditions on the outer harbour bar verv dangerous and that the local fishing boat...
Faith Star, Galilee, Provider A, Success, Lead Us and Pilot Me
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 18th of January, 1956, the weather deteriorated while six local fishing boats were still at sea, and it was decided that the no. 1 life-boat should launch to escort them into the harbour. At 10.54 the...
A Fishing Dinghy
Walmer, Kent. At 4.23 on the after- noon of the 25th of October, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that two men in a fishing dinghy off the Goodwin Fork buoy were un- able to make headway and were drifting northwards on...
Fishing Boats (1)
Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 4.40 on the morning of the 10th of November, 1960, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that there were four local fishing boats at sea. The weather had deteriorated rapidly and the sky was overcast, with rain....