LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Baltimore, Co. Cork.—On the 23rd of June, 1952, a party of twenty-one people, belonging to Skibbereen, left Baltimore for Cape Clear Island eight miles from the mainland, but did not arrive back in the evening when expected. Their friends...

Newhaven, Sussex. At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 21st of September, 1958, the coastguard reported that the police had seen a small sailing yacht in distress one mile off Peacehaven with clothing tied to the masthead. At five o'clock the...

Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 9.5 on the evening of the 27th of Septem- ber, 1958, the coastguard at Foreland informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was in distress two miles south of the look-out. At 9.14 the life-boat Jesse...

Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At seven o'clock on the evening of the 29th of December, 1958, the coxswain saw an object burning near the pier. The life- boat Douglas Hyde put out at 7.15 in a rough sea, with a strong westerly wind...

Swanage, Dorset. At 10.7 on the morning of the 17th of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the assistant honor- ary secretary that four canoes on passage from Swanage to Poole appeared to be having difficulty in rounding the Old Harry Rock....

Whitby, Yorkshire.—Before daybreak on the 24th of November, 1955, the fishing boats Faith Star, Pilot Me and Success put to sea in worsening weather.

The Faith Star returned to harbourand at noon the no. 2 harbour pulling...

Bridlington, Yorkshire.—On the morn- ing of the 3rd of November, 1956, the owners of the steam trawler Novelli, of Hull, asked if the life-boat would take off an injured man. It was low water, and as no other boat was afloat, the life-boat...

SEPTEMBER 5TH. - MARGATE, KENT.

At about 3.30 P.M. a telephone message was received from the coastguard that an aeroplane had crashed into the sea about two hundred yards west of the Hook Beacon. A light S.S.E. wind was...