LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ageroen
CRESSWELL, NORTHUMBERLAND.—A flare was observed by a fisherman at about 4.30 A.M. on the llth January, apparently caused by burning tar-barrels on board a vessel on the rocks at Nabb Point. The weather at the time was foggy, the windwas...
Twelve Hours In a Whole Gale
ON August 22nd the Clacton Motor Life-boat was out for over twelve hours in a whole gale with a very heavy sea, and went to the help of two vessels.
The first was a small yacht with two people on board, which had become...
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The S.S. Trawler Viking
SCARBOROUGH.—The s.s. trawler Viking, proceeding from the fishing ground to Grimsby on the 13th February, stranded on the White Nab, one mile S. of Scarborough.
The weather was very thick at the time and a very light wind...
Helicon
WINCHELSEA, SUSSEX.—On the morning of the 25th October, the coastguard watchman reported to the Coxswain that rockets were being sent up eastward of the Life-boat house, and as the Coxswain left his house he saw another rocket discharged. He...
Little Teal
BERWICK-ON-TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND.
—A small sailing yacht, the Little Teal, of Berwick, was observed during the afternoon on the 1st April try ing to keep in shore, but the westerly wind was too heavy for her to carry any...
Fishing Cobles (1)
Sixteen of the cobles belonging to Newbiggin were overtaken by a strong gale which sprang up from the E.S.E, on the morning of the 13th February. At 11 A.M. it was blowing a whole gale and the sea got very heavy. The cobles made for land,...
Isabella and Nina
On the morning of the 20th June the coast- guard reported that a small local fishing boat, the Isabella and Nina, with one man on board, was fishing south of Dundonnie Head, and as a strong gale was blowing from the north, and the sea was...
A Small Rowing Boat
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 7 P.M. on the 3rd August the coxswain saw from the North Pier a small rowing boat about a mile out in the direction of the Newcome Sands. The weather was squally, with a W.N.W. wind and a choppy...
Point Girl
Youghal, Co. Cork.—On the afternoon of the 30th November the motor lifeboat Laurana Sarah Blunt went out on exercise. When near Cape! Island, she saw two men in a small fishing boat, about a mile and a half S.E. of the island, waving for...
Viper
Portrush, Co. Antrim.—During the morning of the llth January, 1938, the local motor fishing boat Viper's engine broke down when she was fishing about half a mile west of Ramore Head. She carried a crew of four. Another fishing boat, The...