LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Galilee
Whitby, Yorkshire.—About eight in the evening of the 20th of May, 1948, the local motor fishing vessel Galilee— which was out fishing and had in- tended staying at sea throughout the night—wirelessed that she would be returning to harbour....
Celtic
The motor life-boat Prudential put out at 3.16 A.M. on the 12th November, as information had been received that four local herring boats were adrift. A strong S.S.E.
gale was blowing, with a rough sea.
The...
The Sailing Barge Britannic
Skegness, Lincolnshire.—On the morning of the 17th November, 1937, the Lynn Well Lightship reported, through Cromer and the local coastguard, that a barge seemed to be in distress about four miles away. An easterly gale was blowing, with a...
Valiant
Hastings, Sussex. At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 19th of December, 1959, the honorary secretary learnt that the fishing vessel Valiant had engine trouble and was having difficulty in making the beach at Hastings. At 1.6 the life-boat M.T.C...
A Motor Boat
St. Abbs, Berwickshire. At 9.45 on the morning of the 28th August, 1960, the coxswain told the honorary secre- tary that some anxiety was felt for a local fisherman,who had last been seen to the westward of St. Abbs in his small motor boat....
None (7)
Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 8.30 on the morning of the 26th of February, 1961, the honorary secretary was asked by the local medical officer if the life-boat would take the county surgeon and his assistants from Cahirciveen to Valentia Island as...
Flandre
Bridlington, Yorkshire. — At ten o'clock on the morning of the 2nd of September, 1956, a telephone message was received from Lloyds agent that the trawler Flandre, of Derwent, was entering the bay with an injured man on board who needed...
None (1)
Galway Bay, County Galway.—At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 8th of April, 1957, the local doctor reported that a woman had been attacked by a cow and had been seriously injured.
He asked if the life-boat would...
None (1)
Dunmorc East, Co. Waterford. At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 22nd of April, 1958, the owner of a local hotel told the honorary secretary that a young man had fallen over the cliffs at Portally while shooting seals and was lying...
Rachel and Fishing Boats
FISHING BOAT ESCORTED OVER BAR Wbitby, Yorkshire. At 9.10 on the morning of the 16th January, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the weather was likely to become worse, and that an easterly gale was forecast as...