LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Rubber Dinghy
Skegness, Lincolnshire.—At 6.50 on the evening of the 10th of July, 1951, the police reported that a rubber dinghy with six people in it was drift- ing out to sea off Ingoldmells Point.
At 7.10 the life-boat Anne Allen was...
Barrule
Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 5.40 in the morning on the 1 st of August, 1951, the coastguard telephoned a report received from Seaforth Radio that a motor vessel was disabled and drifting three miles north of Skerries. She was the Barrule, of...
Golden Bough
Newcastle, Co. Down.—At 9.35 on the night of the 8th of August, 1951, a resident reported seeing flares. At 9.50 the life-boat William and Laura was launched in a moderate sea with a freshening north-westerly breeze blowing. Two and a half...
A Small Boat
On the after- noon of the 3rd March a man told the coxswain that a boat was drifting off Howth. A strong N.W. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea.
The motor life-boat Lady Kylsant put out at 3.10 P.M., and about three...
Replete
Sennen Cove, Cornwall.—The Brixham fishing boat Replete, with a crew of four, was trawling off the Wolf lighthouse on the night of the 14th July. She caught fire, and the crew, after trying to get the flames under control, had to abandon her...
None (3)
Holyhead, Anglesey.—On the afternoon of the 9th September the coastguard telephoned that a man had fallen over the cliffs at Pen las Rocks, about ten miles from Holyhead, and was lying seriously injured. All attempts to rescue him had failed...
The S.S. Lancashire
On the evening of the 29th October a resident of Pollet saw signals of distress in the Russell. News was passed to the life-boat station and the motor life-boat Queen Victoria put out at 7.50 P.M.
A moderate N.W. gale...
Adventure
Soon after mid- night on the 30th November it was reported that a fishing boat was burning flares four miles south of Porthleven.
A strong W.N.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea and heavy rain showers. The motor...
The S.S. Carlingford
While at anchor on the 20th October, the s.s.
Carlingford, of Liverpool, dragged her anchors in a whole N.W. gale, with a very heavy sea. At 3 A.M., as she was drifting ashore, she sent out distress signals, and in response...
Zuidland, of Rotterdam
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
•—The motor life-boat John and Mary Meiklam of Gladswood put out at 9.50 A.M. on the llth March for exercise, with the branch chairman, Lieut.- Commander H. K. Case, D.S.C., R.N.R.<...