LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dineiddwg
Aberdeen. At 11.50 p.m. on 2nd April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the trawler Dineiddwg of Aberdeen had grounded at Girdleness in thick fog. The life-boat Ramsay-Dyce proceeded at 12.20 a.m. in a light...
A Fishing Coble
Tynemouth, Northumberland - At 9.15 p.m. on 25th July, 1968, the coastguard reported that a fishing coble was in difficulties three miles from the Tyne look-out. The lifeboat Tynesider was launched at 9.25 in a moderate northerly breeze and...
Mona
At 2.19 a.m. on I3th July, 1966, a red flare had been reported about three miles offshore in an easterly direction. The lifeboat Edian Courtauld left her moorings at 2.45 in a fresh westerly wind and a choppy sea. It was one hour after low...
Fishing Boats
.— On the 29th November a strong S.S.E. breeze sprang up, bringing with it a very heavy sea.
At the time seven of the fishing boats belonging to Montrose were at sea, and the thirty men forming their crews were in jeopardy....
Fishing Boats (4)
Filey, Yorkshire.—At~7.30 A.M. on the 25th March, 1939, the life-boat coxswain reported that three fishing cobles were out north of the Brig. The weather was bad, with heavy snow and showers, and it was decided to keep a look-out. Later the...
The Sailing Club Rescue Boat Viking
Eyemouth, Berwickshire. At 11.15 p.m. on zoth January, 1966, the harbour master informed the honorary secretary that the Border Sailing Club rescue boat, with one man on board her, was adrift on the rocks at the west side of the bay, her...
Ann Elizabeth
SHAFT WAS BROKEN Whitby, Yorkshire. At 8.35 p.m. on 25th September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small fishing boat was flashing a light about one mile north-west of the harbour entrance.
The sea...
Queen of Scots
LOCH NEVIS SEARCH Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 3.45 p.m. on i6th November, 1964, the wife of the owner of the motor launch Queen of Scots told the honorary secretary that the launch was overdue from a trip to Inverie.
The...
Stormdrift II
Montrose, Angus - At 6.50 a.m. on 27th July, 1966, the m.f.v. Stormdrift II of Montrose was reported immobilized with fouled propellers five miles southeast of Scurdyness. The life-boat TheGood Hope was launched at 7.19 in a light westerly...
A Dinghy
Hartlepool, Co. Durham - At 12.50 a.m. on 8th September, 1966, a small dinghy, with one man aboard, was reported overdue from a fishing trip. At I o'clock the life-boat The Princess Royal (Civil Service No. 7) left her moorings in a...