LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Cobles (1)
Newbiggin, Northumberland.—On the 19th of February, 1951, several local fishing cobles were at sea in bad weather.
By 1.30 in the afternoon the weather had got worse. Three cobles were still out and it was thought...
Hans Hoth (1)
Tynemouth, and Culler-coats, Northumberland.
—At 11.43 in the morning of the 9th of February, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that the motor vessel Hans Hoth, of Hamburg, of 370 tons, with a crew of nine, had wirelessed...
A Steamer (1)
Donagbadee, Co. Down.—7th April.
A report had been received of a collision off Blackhead, and the life-boat had gone to Blackhead, Co. Antrim. It was then found that it was Blackhead, Wigtownshire, on the Scottish coast.<...
A Small Boat (1)
Sheringham, Norfolk.—10th July. It had been reported that there was wreckage off Weybourne and that a man was in the water, but it was found that a small boat had been washed off the beach, with no one on board.—Rewards, £21 15s....
Pilot Star (1)
Lowestoft, Suffolk, and Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—While returning from the fishing grounds to Yarmouth on the 1st December, 1937, the steam drifter Pilot Star, of Kirkcaldy, carrying a crew of ten, stranded on the Holm Sands. A...
Fishing Cobles (1)
Runswick, Yorkshire. — Four fishing cobles put to sea in moderate weather at 7 A.M. on the 31st December, 1937.
Later on, conditions got bad, and by 10.45 A.M. a moderate gale was blowing from the N.N E., with a rough...
A Sailing Barge (1)
Southend'on-Sea, Essex.—12th December, 1937. A sailing barge had struck a sunken wreck off Low Way Buoy and sank, but her crew had already left her when the life-boat arrived.—Rewards, £19 10*..
A Fishing Boat (1)
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—4th March, 1938. A fishing boat was on fire off Leigh, but no one was found on board.
—Rewards, £19 10s..
A Dinghy (1)
Falmouth, Cornwall.—At 6.45 on the evening of the 8th of November, 1956, the inspector of police at Truro tele- phoned to say that three men were in a small dinghy at King Harry Ferry in the River Fal. The dinghy was rapidly rilling with...
A Sailing Dinghy (1)
Hastings, and Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 4.22 on the afternoon of the 13th of January, 1957, the Fairlight coast- guard telephoned that a sailing dinghy needed help four miles south of Bex- hill. At 4.37 the Hastings life-boat M.T.C. was...