LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Steamer
FEBRUARY 27TH. - THE LIZARD, CORNWALL.
At eleven in the morning the coastguard telephoned that the naval authorities had asked for the services of the life-boat to search for survivors of a steamer which had been torpedoed...
The Deep Sea Tug Empire Harry, of Hull
JUNE 7TH. - SALCOMBE, DEVON. At one in the morning a request came for the life-boat crew to stand by, as the deep sea tug Empire Harry, of Hull, with two laden lighters in tow, had gone ashore. A fresh south-west wind was blowing, with a...
An Aeroplane (99)
JULY 24TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. At 8 A.M. the naval base at Great Yarmouth reported, through the coastguard, that an aeroplane was down in the sea E. by S. eleven and a half miles from Cromer. A light S.S.W. wind was blowing and the sea was...
The Converted Naval Whaler Trojan
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 12.10 early on the morning of the 8th of September, 1958, the coastguard re-ported that a small boat had been seen near the Buxey Sands at 5.30 the evening before. She had engine trouble, but her crew appeared to be...
None (10)
Torbay, Devon. At 12.32 on the afternoon of the 23rd of August, 1959, the coastguard told the coxswain that a man had fallen down to the foot of the cliffs at Sharkham Point. At 12.45 the life-boat Princess Alexandra of Kent left...
Fishing Boats
Arbroath, Angus.—At six o'clock on the morning of the 13th of August, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that the fishing fleet was returning to harbour and that the conditions at the bar were dangerous. The life-boat Tine Duke of...
Sari Maris
MOTOR FISHING VESSEL FOUND IN FOG Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At 7.15 on the evening of the 9th October, 1962, a customs officer was walking along the pier when he saw a flare being burnt in the direction of Splaugh...
A Cutter
EIGHT NAVAL CADETS TOWED TO SAFETY Salcombe, Devon. At 11.20 p.m. on Saturday the 13th of July, 1963, the Prawle Point coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht appeared to be in difficulties off Gammon Head and that her crew were...
Hayman Lady
Ramsgate, Kent - At 9.15 p.m. on 29th July, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was aground on the harbourbar. The life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott, on temporary duty at the station, slipped her moorings at 9...
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MAN TO HOSPITAL Stronsay, Orkneys. At 7.35 a.m. on 5th November, 1965, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that they had received a message from a doctor on Sanday Island saying that a person needed immediate hospital treatment. Any...