LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Lancashire Coast, of Liverpool (1)
MARCH 2 6TH. - TOBERMORY, AND BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. At 6.30 in the morning the Kyle coastguard telephoned that a ship was in difficulties and making water six miles south-south-east of Ardnamurchan Light. The Tobermory motor life-boat Sir...
Dainty Lady
Bridlington, Yorkshire.—On the after- noon of the 16th of February, 1951, the local motor fishing vessel Dainty Lady was at sea. A fresh south-south- easterly breeze was blowing and there was a very heavy swell. At 1.5 the Dainty Lady...
Dorothy
TRAWLER TOWED INTO HARBOUR Huniber, Yorkshire. At 6.5 on the evening of the 30th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the trawler Dorothy of Grimsby had run short of fuel half a mile east of Dimlington. The...
Two Cobles
COBLES ESCORTED INTO TWO HARBOURS Newbiggin, Northumberland. At 8.52 on the morning of the 28th June, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that there were two cobles at sea and the weather was gradually becoming worse. The...
None (13)
NURSE ON BOARD At noon on 3ist March, 1964, the local nurse informed the honorary secretary that a sick patient required urgent medical attention on the mainland. There was a fresh easterly breeze with a choppy sea, and it was low water. The...
Cruiser
Dover, Kent. At 12.43 a.m. on 28th August, 1965, the Folkestone coastguard reported that the master of the tug Cruiser of Liverpool was very ill and required a doctor. The life-boat Southern Africa put out at 1.17 with a doctor on board in a...
A Boat
MOTOR BROKE DOWN At 4 p.m. on 2yth October, 1965, the coxswain reported that three men in a small boat were in difficulties with their outboard motor broken down, near the Brazil buoy in the river Mersey. The life-boat Norman B. Corlett went...
Fishing Cobles
Filey, Yorkshire - At 8.45 a.m. on 25th January, 1967, nine cobles were reported at sea and there was a distinct possibility of conditions worsening when the tide flooded. By 9.45 conditions had deteriorated considerably and the life-boat...
Elizabeth
Sunderland, Co. Durham - At 10.13 a.m. on 2oth May, 1967, the fishing coble Elizabeth was reported to be in difficultiesone and a half miles east of Whitburn and was flying distress signals. The Life-boat William Myers and Sarah Jane Myers...
Tsunami
141 hour service in severe gale A MESSAGE FROM THE YACHT Coronade to the Sunk Pilot Cutter, saying that a red flare had been sighted southward, in the direction of the Long Sand, was intercepted by Walton Coastguard at 1621 on Sunday,...