LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Wesley
On the 8th March, soon after daylight, it was reported that a ketch was ashore on the north part of the Goodwin Sands. The weather up to this time had been hazy. Orders were at once given for the Life-boat Bradford and a tug to go out to...
The Fleetwood Sea Cadet Harbour Launch
OUT ALL DAY Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 11.40 a.m. on i8th June, 1965, the coastguard reported that the Royal Navy frigate H.M.S. Blackpool, which was anchored off Blackpool, had the Fleetwood sea cadet harbour launch alongside, badly damaged....
A Sailing Boat
Snoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 3.20 on the afternoon of the 27th August, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small sailing boat had capsized outside the harbour.
The occupants of the boat, two men and...
Resourceful
RESCUE FROM BARGE IN GALE Clacton-on-Sea,Essex. At 10.32 on the night of the 7th March, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen four miles south of Clacton pier. The life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring...
The Minesweeper Lord Darling
JULY 16TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
At 1 A.M. the coastguard telephoned the life-boat coxswain that a vessel was ashore at Robin Hood’s Bay, and the No. 1 motor lifeboat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched at 1.30 A.M. The weather...
Rosehearty, of Fraserburgh
SEPTEMBER 15TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. At six in the morning the coastguard reported a drifter ashore on the rocks near St. Combs. A light southeast wind was blowing, but the sea was rough on the beach and there was some fog.
The S.S. Eumaeus
DEC. 11TH. - DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO. DUBLIN, AND WICKLOW, CO. WICKLOW.
At 5.5 P.M. messages were received at Dun Laoghaire that a large vessel was aground on the Kish Bank, and that two tugs were...
A Motor Boat
Valentia, Co. Kerry - At 8.50 p.m. on 22nd June, 1967, the Mizen Head lighthouse keeper informed the honorary secretary that a motor boat was broken down close to the Skelligs Rock. The lifeboat Rowland Watts slipped her moorings at 9.10 in...
Ferret
JANUARY 15TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. During the afternoon the Naval Control informed the life-boat coxswain that a barge was burning flares close to the Grain Spit,. Half a gale was blowing from the N.E., with a rough sea. The motor...
A French Motor Life-Boat
JANUARY 26TH. - BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE. A French motor life-boat bound for Bridlington for service as a rescue boat under the Admiralty had been disabled by her engine breaking down. The life-boat passed quite close to her in the darkness,...