LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Hoylake, Cheshire.—At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 7th of December, 1952, the life-boat coxswain asked local people to keep a look-out for the fishing vessel Greylass, of Hoylake, which was overdue with a crew of three. Nothing...

Scarborough, Yorkshire On the afternoon of the 24th February several local fishing boats were at sea. Theweather got bad and all except the Launch Out and Progress returned to harbour. By 4 P.M. conditions were very bad, and a big sea was...

WHITBURN, DURHAM.—The steam-tug Hook van Holland left Emden on the llth February at midday, having in tow the damaged s.s. Treneglos, of St.

Ives, intending to take her to South Shields, but early on the morning of the 14th...

Anstruther, Fifeshire.—At 12.55 early on the morning of the 14th of Septem- ber, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that a yacht had fired rockets in Largo Bay. At 1.30 the life-boatJames and Ruby Jackson was launched.

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In the early morning of the 19th August it was blowing a moderate gale from W.N.W., with wild squalls of wind and rain. At 3.45 A.M. it was reported that a fishing-boat when coming into the harbour had carried away her...

• Sailing Years, an autobiography by K. Adlard Coles (Granada Publishing, £9.95) is .fascinating reading because alongside the tales of this well-known sailor there emerges the story of the development of sailing and racing offshore. I...

Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty - At 10.52 a.m. on 8th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a dinghy and a boy were missing from Portmahamack. The lifeboat Lilla Marras, Douglas and Will slipped her moorings at 11.24...

AT 9.30 on the evening of the igth January, 1966, the Walton coastguard reported that the motor vessel Mi Amiga, from which Radio Caroline broadcasts were transmitted, appeared to be dragging her anchor. Weather conditions were extremely bad...