LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Dungeness, Kent.—At 2.15 P.M. on the 13th February, 1938, a local fisherman and the coastguard reported that a barge at anchor in East Bay was flying a distress signal. The sea was very rough, with a moderate N.N.E. gale blowing, and snow...

Whitby, Yorkshire.—At about three in the morning of the 30th May, 1938, the local fishing coble Ramleigh put off to haul crab pots about six miles south of Whitby. One of her crew of three was coxswain of the motor life-boat Mary Ann...

Port St. Mary, Isle of Man.—Shortly after midnight on the 4th of Septem- ber, 1956, the local harbourmaster reported that the motor fishing vessel Edna, with three men on board, was long overdue from a fishing trip be- tween Langness and...

Ramsgate, Kent.—At six o'clock on the evening of the 25th of October, 1956, a message was received from the east pier that red flares had been seen two miles east of Ramsgate and that the local motor boat Skipjack.

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Barra Island, Inverness-shire. At 8.30 on the evening of the 25th of October, 1957, a local doctor asked if the life-boat would convey a patient, who was dangerously ill, to Lochbois- dale for hospital treatment. At 9.15 the...

Courdon, Kincardinesbire. — In the afternoon of the 18th November, 1938, a sudden south gale sprang up, with a rough sea and heavy rain. A boat which came in reported that the small local fishing yawl May Queen, with a crew of three, was...

Arbroath, Angus.—The local fishing fleet put out during the early morning of the 23rd November, 1938, in fine weather. Later on a S.E. wind sprang up and rapidly increased to gale force. The sea grew very rough, with heavy rain, sleet and...

Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 18th February, 1939, a fresh N.W. wind was blowing, with a very rough sea. It was breaking heavily from the Pier Ends to the Rock Buoy, and anxiety was felt for the safety of nine of the local motor...