LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Motor Fishing Coble Maggie
— Several motor fishing boats and cobles put out early on the 2nd November, but were caught in a strong N.N.W. gale, with a very heavy sea. All except the motor fishing coble Our Maggie returned to harbour, and the motor life-boat Herbert...
Confederate
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—The Aberdeen trawler Confederate stranded on the Scaurs of Cruden, about nine miles south of Peterhead on the morning of the 16th January. On receipt of the news from the coastguard, the motor life-boat Duke of...
A Motor Pinnace belonging to Yacht Westward
Soutbend-on-Sea, Essex. — On the night of the 22nd May a message was received from the watchman at the pierhead that a motor pinnace, belonging to the schooner yacht Westward, which was anchored off the pier, was drifting rapidly to the west...
Three Royal Air Force Aeroplanes (1)
Aldeburgh, Suffolk, and Walton and Frinton, Essex.—8th August, 1939. A message had been received from the Colchester Air Observers' Post, through the coastguard, that three Royal Air Force aeroplanes had crashed into the sea, seven or...
Annie
Sunderland, Co. Durham. — At 3.30 P.M. on the 17th August, 1938, the deputy dockmaster telephoned to the life-boat coxswain that a small boat was in distress. A N.W. gale was blowing, with a choppy sea. The motor life-boat Edward and...
Rosemary and Rachel
Scarborough, Yorkshire. — On the morning of the 27th of March, 1952, two local cobles, the Rosemary and the Rachel, were at sea. A strong north- north-east wind was blowing, with snow showers. The sea was rough and the harbour entrance...
A Sailing Boat
Helvick Head, Co. Waterford. — At 11.45 on the night of the 26th of August, 1953, the Civic Guard reported that two youths and an elderly man had put out in a sailing boat, but had not returned. At midnight the life-boat H. F. Bailey...
None (1)
Tynemouth, Northumberland.—At 3.5 on the afternoon of the 21st of Feb- ruary, 1954, the coastguard reported that a man was in the sea in French- man Bay, about one and three-quarter miles south of the Tyne. At 4.14 the life-boat Tynesider...
A Glider
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 4.55 in the afternoon, on the 25th of April, 1950, the Walton coastguard telephoned that a man could be seen waving on what appeared to be a submerged aero- plane between one and two miles south- east of...
The Keel Boat Courage
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 18th of March, 1951, the weather got worse, and there was anxiety for the safety of the local keel boat Courage, at sea with a crew of five.
At 1.15 in the afternoon the...