LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Augoustis
At 3 A.M.
on the morning of the 30th November the Coastguard at Clovelly received a telephone message from Lundy Island, to the effect that a steamer was showing flares about five miles E. by S. of...
The Iron Motor Vessel Innitrahull
The iron motor vessel Innistrahull, of Glasgow, was wrecked immediately behind the break- water of Girvan Harbour during a west by north gale and very heavy sea on the 15th December. On receipt of informa tion of the casualty the Second Cox-...
A Pleasure Boat
On the 8th May, at about half-past five o'clock in the afternoon, the lightkeeper at Scurdyness telephoned that a boat was in danger on the Annat Bank.
The Life-boat Robert Henderson was launched and on nearing the boat...
Speculation
BROUGHTY FERRY.—On the 20th Maythe brig Speculation, of Ohristiania, bound from Tayport for Bremen, with coal, was in tow of a steam-tug in a strong N.E.
wind and a choppy sea, when the towrope broke. Another hawser was...
Lilian
Hoylake, Cheshire. — Early in the morning of the 18th of March, 1952, the motor fishing boat Lilian, with the life-boat coxswain and another man on board, put to sea. She did not return and at five o'clock the Formby coastguard...
Success
Redcar, and Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—At about 9.45 A.M. on the 2nd January, 1939, the coastguard at Marske telephoned that a motor fishing vessel was in distress four miles north-east of Huntcliffe. She was the Success, of Whitby, with a crew...
Hyacinth
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—At 2.46 on the afternoon of the 7th of December, 1954, the Ushant radio station broad- cast that the fishing boat Gordias had found the sailing yacht Hyacinth, of Washington, U.S.A., about twelve miles west-by-north...
Lora and H.H. 100
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 2.50 on theafternoon of the 27th of May, 1956, the coastguard telephoned to say that the schooner Lora, of East Mersea, had had some of her sails carried away and was drifting east-by-south of Clacton Pier. At 3.2...
Withernsea Monster
The motor life-boat City of Bradford II was launched at 1.10 P.M. on the 21st May, as a telephone message had been received from Withernsea coastguard that the motor boat Withernsea Monster had broken down and was drifting, five miles east...
May Lily (1)
Filey, and Flamborough, Yorkshire.— At 7.16 on the morning of the 17th ofApril, 1951, a fisherman telephoned the Filey life-boat authorities that he had picked up a message on his wireless set: the fishing boat May Lily, of Scar-...