LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Laura Belle
The Coast- guard -watchman observed flares from a vessel at 3.30 A.M. on the llth March about a quarter of a mile to the south- ward. He at once informed the Cox- swain of the Life-boat and it was decided to launch the No. 1 Bolton. There...
Sarah Ann
On the 17th February, shortly before 11 P.M., whilst the schooner Sarah Ann, of Fowey, was bound from London to Bridport, with a cargo of cement, she stranded on the Newcombe Bar Her signals for assis- tance were seen by the Coastguard who...
Lord Alcester
7.40 A.M. on the 21st November the Coastguard reported that a ketch was ashore on the break- water at the entrance to the harbour.
A strong E. gale was blowing at the time with a heavy sea, and the Life- boat Harmar was ...
Two Fishing Cobles
At about 11 A.M. on the 13th February, J. Crawford, the Second Coxswain of the Lifeboat Queensbury, received information that two cobles were in difficulties about four miles off Scarborough, and as the sea was very rough and becoming worse...
Velin-heli
ST. ANNE'S, LANCASHIRE. — On the evening of the 17th December, signals were shown by the schooner Velin-heli, of Carnarvon, which had stranded on the Salthouse Bank while she was being towed to Preston, two days previously, during thick...
Orion
PEEL, ISLE OF MAN.—The smack Orion, of Ramsey, arrived in Peel Bay, from Annalong, early on the evening of the 20th February. During the evening, the wind increased to a tremendous gale from W.N.W. As the smack was dragging her anchor, a...
Laidaure
Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—At 6.50 on the evening of the 19th of January, 1954, the Portpatrick radio station telephoned a local doctor that the motor vessel Laidaure, of Stockholm, a vessel of 6,000 tons, was making for Campbeltown with an...
A Dinghy
Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 12.3 on the afternoon of the 16th of April, 1954, the coastguard rang up to say that a dinghy with two boys on board was drifting out to sea off Rhoscolyn Island. At 12.10 the life-boat St.
Cybi,...
Tailte
On the afternoon of the 17th June a motorist reported that a small yacht with several persons on board was aground on the rocks south of Wicklow Head. A moderate S.S.W.
breeze was blowing, and the sea was smooth. The motor...
Roden
Islay, Inner Hebrides.—At 11 o'clock in the morning of the 2nd of December, 1948, the Southend coastguard tele- phoned that a trawler was ashore in the Sound of Islay, and that another trawler was standing by, but could not help. The...