LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Petrellen
PENZANCE.—During a strong S.S.W.
gale and a heavy sea on the 31st of January, the Life-boat Dora was launched at 7.30 A.M., in reply to signals of distress shown by the barque Petrellen, of Porsgrund, Norway, which was...
Providence
SCARBOROUGH.—On the 3rd August, during a S.E. gale, the fishing yawl Providence, of Lowestoft, went ashore in the bay at low water. In order to save the vessel from being destroyed, when the tide arose Jhe Life-boat Lady Leigh was launched,...
SERVICES: RESCUE IN WORST WEATHER FOR 20 YEARS
WHEN on 20th November, 1971, red flares were sighted in the area of the Wallet Spitway buoy, the Clacton, Essex, life-boat Valentine Wyndham- Quin was launched at 6.17 p.m. The wind was south south west force 5 to 6 with rain...
Category: Services
Madeline
Skegness, Lincolnshire;—The motor life-boat Anne Allen was launched at 2.23 P.M. on the 7th August, as information had been received that a yacht was in difficulties about three miles S.S.E.
of Skegness. A moderate 'to...
Varvassi
GREEK STEAMER AGROUND ON THE NEEDLES Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 7.26 in the morning of January 5th, 1947, the Totland coastguard reported to the life-boat station by telephone that a message had been received from a vessel aground near...
Cullercoats Disaster. Six Lives Lost In a Capsize on a Practice Launch
JUST after two in the afternoon of 22nd April, the Cullercoats motor life-boat Richard Silver Oliver was launched on exercise. She is a boat of the light Liverpool type, 35 feet 6 inches by 10 feet 3 inches, weighing seven tons with her crew...
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Empire Daffodil
JANUARY 21ST. - ABERDEEN. At 10.25 A.M. Findon coastguard reported a vessel two miles S. by E. flying a distress signal, and the No. 1 motor life-boat Emma Constance was launched at 10.45 A.M. A moderate E.S.E. gale was blowing, with a heavy...
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Atlantic 21 Was Launched on May 16 to Bring Back a Diver With a Badly Cut Head Who Had Been Injured While Working on the Wrecked Oil
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Atlantic 21 was launched on May 16 to bring back a diver with a badly cut head who had been injured while working on the wrecked oil tanker Eleni V. While Helmsman Michael Mitchell set course for the ILB station,... - View image in PDF
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Albany
GORLESTON.—The dandy Albany, of Lowestoft, while returning from fishing, on the 4th January, in a strong E.S.E.
gale and a very heavy sea, had her mainsail blown away and lost her rudder. She was taken in tow by another...
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