LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Boats
On 26th February a fierce gale from the S.E. sprang up at Bridlington, and the sea rose rapidly, making it very difficult and dangerous for the fishing fleet to return to harbour. The piers were buried under the heavy seas, and the spray was...
H.M. Minesweeper Susette
DEC. 8TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
At 5.30 P.M. a message was received that H.M. Minesweeper Susette had gone aground on North Beach and was making signals of distress A whole S.S.E. gale was blowing and she had missed the...
Vierge Marie
Penlee, Cornwall.—At 7.40 A.M. on the llth January the police reported a wreck under Tregiffian cliffs. A strong S.S.W. breeze was blowing, with a heavy sea, and the weather was thick. The motor life-boat W. and S.
was...
Harmony
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 2.11 on the afternoon of the 24th of August, 1956, the Needles coastguard reported that a small yacht was in distress four miles south-south-west of St. Cather- ine's. The life-boat S.G.E. put out at 2.33....
A Fishing Boat
MONTBOSE.—On the 28th of January, about thirty large decked-boats, and twenty smaller ones went out to the fishing-grounds at about 4 A.M. during a light wind from the N.W. About 10 o'clock the wind suddenly shifted to...
Elizabeth Charlotte
— At 10.45 A.M. on the 8th December the coastguard reported that a vessel which was anchored in the roads was flying a signal for assistance. A strong gale was blowing and a very heavy sea running. The Life-boat Robert Theo- philus Garden...
Olive, of Banff
WICK, CAITHNESS-SHIRE. — On the 26th February, while the fishing boat Olive, of Banff, was attempting to put to sea in a moderate S.E. breeze, but rather rough sea, she grounded on a sandbankat the mouth of the harbour, when a huge wave...
Fishing Boats (1)
The fishing-boats also went to their fishing-grounds at 2 A.M. on the 28th March. At 5.30 the wind commenced to blow strongly, and at 7 o'clock it had increased to a gale from the E.S.E., and the sea .was very rough. Nine of the boats...
Actuosity
— On the night of the 21st October the Royal Naval Shore Signal Station at Nells Point telephoned that a vessel was ashore at Colhugh Point, and the motor life-boat Prince David was launched at 10.50 p.m. A moderate to strong S.S.W. breeze...
Favourite, of Peel
Early in the morning of the 17th October, during a strong gale of wind from S.S.E., signals of distress were observed from this place.
The Sir George Bowles life-boat was at once launched, and found the lugger Favourite,...