LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Guillemot
OCTOBER 8TH. - KILMORE, CO. WEXFORD.
The local motor fishing boat Guillemot put to sea at seven in the morning.
She did not return, and at 7.15 in the evening flares were seen in the direction of Blackrock...
Floreat
ANOTHER FISHING BOAT IN DANGER Scarborough, Yorkshire.—At 3.3 in the afternoon of February 28th, 1947, a report was received that a fishing boat was lying about a quarter of a mile east of Castle Hill, in a dangerous position.<...
Acquire, of Inverness
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.—On the morning of the 30th January the coastguard reported that a fishing boat was making for the harbour, and that as there was a heavy swell running at the harbour mouth, and the boat was a stranger, it would be...
Carnation
TOW FOR FISHING BOAT WITH ENGINE TROUBLE Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 5.17 on the afternoon of the 23rd January, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen from the Peterhead look-out two and a half...
May
ESCORT FOR FISHING VESSEL IN TOW Campbeltown, Argyllshire. At 5.33 on the afternoon of the 5th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing vessel had been seen firing red flares near Arranman's Barrels buoy...
Svenska
Margate, Kent.—At 12.42 on the after- noon of the 24th of July, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht had run ashore on the Hook Sands.
At 12.50 the life-boat North Foreland, Civil Service No. XI was...
Fishing Boats
Bridlington, Yorkshire.—During the afternoon of the 22nd of December.
1955, anxiety was felt for the safety of five local fishing boats which were still at sea in deteriorating weather.
At 3.10 the...
A Canoe
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. On the afternoon of the 12th of July, 1958, the life-boat Rachael and Mary Evans was launched on exercise, and at 1.45 a canoe taking part in a race from Barry Dock to Weston-super-Mare was seen to capsize one...
Ashdene
Wick, Caithness-shire. At 4.15 on the morning of the 4th of September, 1960, a telephone message was received from the owners of the coaster Ashdene that she needed help some sixteen miles south-south-east of Wick. There was a moderate north...
A Dinghy (2)
At 10.30 a.m. on 5th November, 1967, a member of the life-boat crew saw a sailing dinghy capsize in Mumbles Bay. As there was no boat in the vicinity the IRB carried on board the life-boat Charles H. Barret was launched at 10.33 in a strong...