LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Alf Everard and the S.S. Sir Alexander Kennedy
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 6.39 on the evening of the 24th of December, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that a steamer had wirelessed that another steamer had collided with the motor vessel Alf Everard, of London, off Sea Reach. At 6.55...
Two Salmon Cobles
At 3.45 P.M. on the 8th April information was received that two salmon cobles were in great danger owing to the wind having shifted from W. to N., and increased to a hurricane, causing the sea to break right over them. The No. 1 Life-boat,...
Susie
During a moderate N.N.E. breeze on the 31st March the dandy Susie of Yarmouth was seen to go ashore on the Bell Buoy shoal and to begin to bump heavily in the rough sea. It was then 4.30 P.M.
and within a few minutes the...
Jamaica
Lowestoft, Suffolk - At 12.38 p.m.
on 20th December, 1968, the coastguard reported that a sick man aboard the trawler Jamaica required medical attention. The life-boat Frederick Edward Crick, with a doctor on board, slipped...
Winaway of Lowestoft
Caister, Norfolk - At 11.27 a.m. on llth August, 1969, it was learnt that the motor vessel Norwich Belle had sighted a fishing vessel in difficulties near the South Caister shoal buoy.
The life-boat Royal Thames was...
Charmaine
Margate, Kent. At 5.30 on the afternoon of the 6th of June, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht had been drifting eastwards towards the North Spit buoy and was dangerously near Margate sands. The life-boat North...
Alpha
Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 3.21 on the afternoon of the 27th of May, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing boat was anchored about a quarter of a mile east of the Medusa buoy and that a fisherman was standing...
Baltic Lily (1)
Whitstable, Kent. At 5 p.m. on ist October, 1964, the police informed the honorary secretary that the wife of the owner of the cabin cruiser Baltic Lily was concerned about the safety of her husband and the vessel. The Baltic Lily was...
Kerry
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At eight o'clock on the evening of the 30th September, 1961, the coastguard in- formed the assistant honorary secietary that a small yacht was making distress signals off Warden Ledge buoy in the West Solent. At...
A French Trawler
Margate, Kent. At 10.10 p.m. on 8th September, 1965, red jlares were seen one mile east of the north-east Spit buoy. The life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. //) launched at 10.34 in a strong gale from the west with a very rough sea....