LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Ramsgate, Kent. — On the 6th of February, 1948, the motor barge Glen- wood, of Rochester, bound for Newport in the Isle of Wight, got into difficulties off Dumpton Gap. She was seen by the North Goodwin Light-vessel, which sent...

Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.—At 1.50 in the morning, on the 17th of Septem- ber, 1950, the I3ritish Railways' berthing master telephoned that a small yacht was drifting' towards the North break- water and making S.O.S. signals...

CARRADALE, ARGYLLSHIRE. At eleven in the morning of the 9th of December, 1943, the two motor fishing boats Betty and Irene, which work together, were at anchor in Carradale Bay, when their crews saw an aeroplane come down on the sea. A...

CAISTER, NORFOLK.—At 1.40 A.M. on the 5th of January, flares were seen on the Barber Sand during a fresh breeze from S.S.W. and a moderate sea. A yawl having been promptly launched, and proceeded to the sand, found the dandy Tyro, of London,...

Again, on the 11th January last, the Ramsgate life-boat went out in tow of the steam-tug Vulcan to the rescue of the crew of the schooner Zephyr, of Banff, which was totally wrecked on the north part of the Goodwin Sands. The wind was strong...

Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At about 10.10 P.M. on the 18th December, 1938, the coastguard reported distress signals in the Solent, off Yarmouth. A moderate east gale Avas blowing, with a very rough sea, and the weather was very cold. The motor...

The problems encountered by lifeboat designers seeking extra speed have been mentioned before in these pages, as boat design is never as straightforward as it may seem. Increased speed is not just a question of bigger engines or even just of...

ON THURSDAY April 8, the honorary secretary of St Ives lifeboat station was down at the boathouse in the late afternoon when, at 1628, he saw a 16ft sailing dinghy leave harbour with two young men and two youths on...