LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Stella Maris
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. — In the early morning of the 12th July a message was received that two men in a boat, north-east of Ryde pier, were shouting for help and flashing a light.
A fresh west breeze was blowing, with a...
Little Culverden
Hastings, Sussex.—The motor life-boat Cyril and Lilian Bishop was launched at 8.17 A.M. on the 18th November t6 search for the local open fishing boat Little Culverden, which was missing. A strong N. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea. The...
Marzealine
Weymouth. Dorset.—At 1.12 on the afternoon of the 1st of August, 1956, a local sailing club asked if the life- boat would put off to the help of the yacht Marzealine, of Le Havre, which, after going ashore, had refloated but was in danger of...
Orca
Fowey, Cornwall.—At 4.30 on the morning of the 28th of September.
1956, the Polruan coastguard tele- phoned that a red flare had been seen half a mile west of Polperro. At 4.50 the life-boat Deneys lieitz put...
Equerry
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 30th of December, 1956, the harbour master reported that the trawler Equerry, of Grimsby, which was in Peterhead Bay on her way to the fishing grounds, had an injured man on board....
Olivia
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 7.5 on the evening of the 17th of July, 1957, the Wyke Regis coastguard telephoned that the Shambles lightvessel had reported a yacht in need of help near the lightvessel. At 7.20 the life-boat William and Clara...
The Royal Naval Motor Vessel Santa Cruz
St. Abbs, Berwickshire.—At 8.10 on the evening of the 2nd of August, 1957, the St. Abbs Head lighthouse-keeper reported that a small vessel had fired two rockets half a mile north-east of the lighthouse. At 8.20 the life-boat W. Ross...
Trade Winds
Weston - super - Mare, Somerset. — Shortly after eight o'clock on the even- ing of the 13th of August, 1957, the pier master noticed that a yacht was in difficulties off Sand Point. Fifteen minutes later the yacht flashed S.O.S.,...
A Cabin Sloop
Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 7.50 on the morning of the 18th of September, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that a small vessel was dismasted two miles south- west of the Royal Sovereign lightvessel.
Ten minutes later the...
Seaforth
Buckie, Banffshire. At 10.25 on the night of the 18th of February, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Seaforth of Inverness was ashore on West Muck, half a mile north of Buckie harbour. The life-boat...