LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. St. Patrick
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. — During the morning of the 28th February the Great Western Railway local marine superintendent asked if the motor lifeboat White Star would place a crew on board the railway's s.s. St. Patrick, which was lying...
Warrior Geraint and Choice
Torbay, Devon.—At 10.10 on the night of the 10th of December, 1957, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was flashing S.O.S. inside Torquay harbour. The lifeboat George Shee put out at 10.35 in a heavy swell. A fresh...
Dolphin
Fishing vessel sinking ORANGE SMOKE observed one mile east of Chapel Point and six miles north of the lifeboat station was reported to Skegness honorary secretary at 1557 on Tuesday, June 29.
In good visibility and with a...
A Light Aircraft and a Yacht
Air crash search THE station honorary secretary of Portsmouth (Langstone Harbour) was alerted by Lee-on-Solent Coastguard MRSC at 1105 on April 30, 1987 with news of a crashed aircraft, down in East Solent near Horse Sand...
Star
High speed tow foR trimaran At first glance there doesn't seem anything unusual about the top photo aboard a fast-moving trimaran (right) - but the second shot shows that her nineknot speed is down to an Atlantic on the other end of the...
The Sailing Barge Monarch, of Rochester
SEPTEMBER 20TH. - WALMER, KENT.
At 12.30 in the afternoon the sailing barge Monarch, of Rochester, hoisted a distress signal. She had anchored in the Downs, but was dragging towards a submerged wreck. A moderate south-south...
Halcyon
SEPT. 27TH. - WALMER, AND RAMSGATE, KENT. At 6.45 A.M. the Deal coastguard reported a motor barge drifting ashore to the N.E. of their station. A heavy sea was running with a strong easterly wind.
At 7.5 A.M. the motor...
The S.S. Charles Parsons
DECEMBER 25TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM. At 6.50 P.M. on Christmas Day information was received, through the coastguard, that distress signals had been seen, and the life-boat crew were assembled. At 7.35 P.M. the naval authorities reported that...
Egmont
At 12.30 A.M. on the 18th December, the smack Alicia brought news of a vessel having gone ashore on the Kentish, Knock Sand. The Life-boat Bradford at once proceeded, in tow of the harbour steamer Vulcan, through the Cudd Channel, and...
The S.S. Meath, of Dublin, and the Admiralty Examinaion Vessel Manx Lad
AUGUST 16TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.
At 7.40 A.M. the coastguard reported that an explosion had occurred on the S.S. Meath, of Dublin, which was entering the harbour for examination. The weather was fine, with a light N.W....