LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Cormorant
Soutbend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 9.20 on the night of the 7th of June, 1949, a message was received from the police station that two men were clinging to a yacht which had capsized three-quarters of a mile oft Chalkwell Bay, Westcliff, and the...
Rowallen Castle
Penlee, Cornwall. At seven o'clock on the evening of the 15th of June, 1960, the honorary secretary was informed that a man on board the motor vessel Rowallen Castle, of London, which was expected to arrive in Mounts Bay at midnight,...
Avec Dieu
St. Helier, Jersey. At 6.55 on the evening of the 24th of September, 1958, the honorary secretary received a message that a small boat appeared to be in difficulties half a mile south of Icho tower. The life-boat Elizabeth Rippon put out at...
The S.S. Linwood
OCT. 12TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. - At about 11.10 P.M. the coastguard reported that a vessel was believed to be in distress a mile S.E. of the station. The report was confirmed, and the No. 2 motor life-boat, Harriot Dixon, was launched by...
Never Mind
JANUARY 1 2TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At 5 P.M. the life-boat cosswain received information that the fishing boat Never Mind, of Liverpool, was missing, and that signals of distress had been seen off the Burbo Bank, and the No. 1 motor...
The S.S. Mount Taygetus
OC T O B E R 1 3 T H . - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE. At 11.16 A.M. the coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Mount Taygetus of Piraeus, of over 3,000 tons, hadstranded about a mile S.E. of The Mumbles Head. A strong S.E. wind was blowing,...
The Three-Masted Motor Schooner Windermere, of Dublin
OCTOBER 3RD. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. At 11.20 in the morning the Carne coast life-saving service telephoned that a schooner was ashore at Churchtown, Carnsore Point. The weather was calm, but there was a dense fog. The motor...
A Rubber Dinghy (1)
JULY 4TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 2.15 P.M. the Ramsgate naval base asked the life-boat crew to stand by from 3 P.M.
This they did. An hour later they were asked to go out to a rubber dinghy reported to be off Birchington with...
Contessa and Lionheart
Two yachts aground BRADWELL COASTGUARD MOBILE was in the vicinity of Stansgate on the afternoon of Friday, May 20, keeping watch over a number of yachts off Osea Island, when, at 1723, a yacht was seen to be heading for the sand spit at the...
Life-Boat Enthusiasts
The annual subscription to the Life-boat Enthusiasts' Society is £1, junior members under 18 years of age 25p (5s.). For those who live outside the British Isles the rate is US$3.50 (junior, US$1.00) or equivalent. If you are...
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