LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Golden Hope
SEVERE At 9 a.m. on loth April, 1966, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that the m.f.v. Golden Hope was at sea and that conditions in the harbour approaches were very severe, with visibility almost nil. The life-boat Mary Ann...
The S.S. Kirsten Skou and Karpfanger
DANISH AND GERMAN SHIPS TN COLLISION Dover, Kent. At 5.29 on the morning of the 29th March, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two ships had been in collision six miles north of Dover. The life-boat Southern Africa...
A Fishing Boat
Arklow, Co. Wicklow - At 7.10 p.m.
on 4th December, 1967, the mechanic informed the honorary secretary that a small open fishing boat from Arklow was overdue. The life-boat Inbhear Mor slipped her moorings at 7.25 in a...
Middlesex Trader
INJURED MAN TAKEN OFF MOTOR VESSEL Stornoway, Outer Hebrides. At 4.30 on the morning of the 16th May, 1963, a message was received from the motor vessel Middlesex Trader of London, on passage from Montreal to Gdynia, stating that she was off...
Aston Villa
Aberdeen. At 6.8 p.m. on 24th November, 1963, the honorary secretary was informed that the engine room of the steam trawler Aston Villa of Grimsby was flooding two miles north-north-east of Aberdeen. This report was received direct from the...
A Motor Yacht
TOUCHED BOTTOM At 2.29 a.m. on 8th September, 1964, the police reported a red flare over Scroby sands. The sea was choppy with a fresh westerly breeze. The tide was two hours before low water when the life-boat Louise Stephens was launched...
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YOUTH CLUNG TO ROCK Ilfracombe, Devon. At 12.5 a.m. on 2nd August, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that one of two youths who had been at Woody bay, Lynton, had returned to raise the alarm that the other was missing. At...
Regency
Caister, Norfolk - At 4.45 p.m. on 23rd June, 1966, the station mechanic noticed a vessel dragging her anchors in Yarmouth Roads. She was put under observation and at 5.40 she hoisted a distress signal. The life-boat The Royal Thames was...
Enterprise, of Cromarty
FEBRUARY 21ST. - CROMARTY. At 6.30 in the evening a message was received at the post office that the motor boat Enterprise, of Cromarty, which carries mails and goods between Cromarty and Invergordon, was in danger of being driven ashore...
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LAUNCHERS' ORDEAL Hastings, Sussex. — At 5.32 in the evening of February 20th, 1947, the coastguard telephoned that the Bexhill police had reported flares about five miles south of Bexhill. An easterly breeze was blowing with a...