LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Westown (1)
FEBRUARY 21 ST. - PENLEE, CORNWALL.
At 10.50 P.M. the coastguard reported that a vessel was ashore near the Penzer Rocks The weather was foggy, with a southerly wind and a moderate sea. At 11.15 P.M. the motor life-boat W...
A Naval Vessel (1)
NOVEMBER 21ST. - PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM. A naval vessel had gone ashore at Dunagree Point, but she refloated. - Rewards, £7 6s. 6d.
An Admiralty Trawler (1)
DECEMBER 5TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON , NORFOLK. A n Admiralty trawler had been in collision, but she could not be found and she got in without help. - Rewards, £13 11s. 6d.
Maud Mary (1)
DEC. 17TH. -POOLE AND BOURNEMOUTH, AND SWANAGE, DORSET. The schooner Maud Mary, flying the Polish flag, had gone ashore west of the Old Harry Rocks, but the crew got away in their own boat.
- Rewards: Poole and Bournemouth...
Speed Boats (1)
OCT. 18TH. - EXMOUTH, AND TORBAY, DEVON. A message was received at 7.25 P.M. from the R.A.F. that two of their speedboats had broken down twelve miles S.W. of Beer Head, and the motor lifeboat was launched with the help of soldiers.
The No. 1 Pilot Boat
Workington, Cumberland.—At 9.55 on the evening of the 29th of September, 1952, the Walney Island coastguard telephoned that the No. 1 pilot boat, of Workington, with two men on board, had broken down off Workington, and at ten o'clock...
A Whitley Bombing Aeroplane (1)
DECEMBER 9TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL, CLOVELLY, AND APPLEDORE, DEVON. On the afternoon of the 9th December Padstow No. 1 motor life-boat put out to the help of a Whitley bombing aeroplane which had been reported down in the...
Fishing Cobles (1)
WHITBY.—On the 2nd December four fishing-cobles were observed to be making for the harbour, and as the wind and sea increased, the Harriott Forteafh Life-boat went out, supplied the crews of the cobles •with life-belts, and attended each of...
Fishing Boats (1)
BERWICK-ON-TWEED. — Five fishingboats having been overtaken by a sudden heavy gale from the S.E., on the morning of the 15th October, were seen running for the harbour, and as the tide was low, and there was a strong sea on the bar, it was...
Fishing Boats (1)
While the fishing-boats were at sea on the 20th March the south-easterly wind increased rapidly, bringing up with it a very heavy sea. As it was realized that it would be quite unsafe for the boats to attempt to get into Gourdon Harbour,...