LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sarah and Mary
At 6.45 on the 4th December it was reported that a small schooner, the Sarah and Mary, had struck the Bar and gone j ashore in Seaford Bay. The Life-boat i Michael Henry was launched and pro- ceeded to the vessel. At the request of the...
Naar Myn Genoegen
While a strong wind was blowing from the S.S.W., with a rough sea, on the morning of the 28th June, two trawlers grounded on the Scroby Sand. The No. 1 Life-boat Mark Lane was launched to their assistance at about 8.20, but before they were...
Pet
At 3.45 A.M.
on the 27th January the Coastguard reported that a vessel was burning signals of distress on the Newcombe Sands. The Life-boat Kentwell was despatched in tow of a tug and found the trawler Pet, of Lowestoft,...
Orthon Stathatos
A large Greek steamer named the Othon Stathatos, of Ithaca, carrying a crew of twenty-three hands, and bound from Penarth to Athens with a cargo of 6,000 tons of coal, struck a submerged rock about two miles north of Pendeen and commenced to...
Theodora
At 7.30 A.M.
on the 19th March, during a N.E. gale, the Coastguard reported that a schooner was flying signals of distress. The Life-boat Queen Victoria was launched, but considerable difficulty was ex- perienced, and she...
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Galway Bay. At 7.15 on the morning of the 26th of February, 1959, the local doctor requested the use of the life- boat to take a child, who had pushed a nail up his nostril, to the mainland for hospital treatment. The life-boat Mabel Marion...
Alsatia
Eastbourne, Sussex. At 6.17 on the evening of the 31st of August, 1959, the coastguard told the coxswain that the sailing dinghy Alsatia had capsized one mile south of the pier and that her crew of three were in the water. The life-boat...
Seaflower
NETS WERE FAST Boulmer, Northumberland. At 10.50 a.m. on lyth August, 1964, the coxswain asked the honorary secretary if the local fishing coble Seaflower needed help and the honorary secretary kept watch on the boat in Alnmouth bay. She...
Penny II
St. Ivcs, Cornwall. At 3.30 p.m. on 7th July, 1964, a member of the inshore rescue boat crew saw the sailing dinghy Penny II capsize off St. Ives pier, throwing the two occupants into the water. The inshore rescue boat immediately launched...
Lily Flower
TOW TAKEN OVER FROM FISHING VESSEL Stromness, Orkneys. At 10.20 on the morning of the 8th May, 1963, the chairman of the branch was informed that the fishing vessel Lily Flower needed help in Hoy Sound. The life-boat Archibald and Alexander...