LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Doris and Colley
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 3.45 in the afternoon of the 1st of July, 1949, it was reported from the East Pier that a R.A.S.C. launch had broken down and was drifting towards the North Goodwin Lightvessel. The life-boat crew were assembled, but the...
Muirneag II and Bounteous
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides.—At 9.20 on the night of the 29th of March, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that red flares had been seen in Broad Bay.
At 9.45 the life-boat William and Harriot put out. The sea was rough with a...
William and Richard
At 2.30 A.M. on the 12th April the Coast- guard at Shoeburyness reported that the Nore Light-vessel was firing signals of distress. The crew of the Life-boat James Stevens No. 9 were assembled and the boat proceeded to the Light-vessel,...
Arthur, Diana and Freda
On the 14th September the strong W.S.W.
wind, which had been blowing at Brid- lington, increased towards sunset to a strong gale. At about 7.30 P.M. it was reported that some of the fishing cobles trawling in the vicinity...
John and Emma
8.45 A.M. on the 23rd July, the Coastguard reported that a Lowestoft smack was ashore on the north part of the Barrow Sands.
Coxswain Haylett at once assembled the crew and kept the smack under observation for some time...
Jane and Ellen
RUNSWICK.—While a gale of wind was blowing from the N.E., with a heavy sea,on the 5th November, the schooner Jane and Ellen, of and for Whitby, from Seaham, with a cargo of coal, lost her sails and became unmanageable. She showed signals of...
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Dalhanna and Staxton Wyke
Flamborough, Yorkshire. At 3.30 on the morning of the 23rd of August, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was sinking sixteen miles south-east of Flamborough Head. At four o'clock the life-boat Friendly...
Marion and Coastal Star
Scarborough, Yorkshire. On the morning of the 27th of October, 1960, a strong easterly wind was blowing and there was a rough sea. The tide was ebbing. As conditions at the harbour entrance were becoming worse and two local fishing...
Kindly Light and Mercury
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At 3.35 on the afternoon of the 27th May, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that anxiety was felt for the safety of two local boats which had taken parties of visitors to the...