LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Amelia Lauro (1)
MARCH 11TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH A N D G O R L E S T O N , N O R F O L K . A t 10.56 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that the Italian steamer Amelia Lauro, of Naples, anchored in the roadstead off Britannia Pier, was making...
The S.S. Albionic (1)
MARCH 19TH. - CLOVELLY, AND ILFRACOMBE, DEVON. At 3.10 A.M. a message from the coastguard, Hartland Point, was received at Clovelly that a steamer was on fire six miles north of the point. A whole W.S.W. gale was blowing, with a very heavy...
A Boat (1)
JUNE 3RD. - DOVER, KENT. A small boat was reported to have broken down, it was believed, with troops from Dunkirk on board, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £3 15s..
A Drifter (1)
OCTOBER 6TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA (AT BRIGHTLINGSEA), ESSEX. A drifter had been reported as apparently in distress, but she could not be found. Later it was reported that she had hit the beach at Frinton, but she was not there when day broke...
Fishing Cobles (1)
DECEMBER 19TH. - NEWBIGGIN - BY - THE - SEA, NORTHUMBERLAND. Eight cobles were out fishing, and a fresh northerly wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. At 11.45 in the morning the life-boat station received a message from the coastguard...
A Steam Trawler (1)
JULY 4TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
A steam trawler had gone ashore, but got off without help from the life-boat.
- Rewards, £4 17s..
A Steamer (1)
JANUARY 11TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. The coastguard had passed on a message from Ostend Radio that a steamer had signalled that she had struck a mine, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £10 6s..
A Rubber Dinghy (1)
JULY 3RD. - APPLEDORE, DEVON. A rubber dinghy with a man aboard had been reported, but was found to be an R.A.F.
target buoy. - Rewards, £5 12s. 3d..
A Fishing Boat (1)
JULY 27TH. - BALLYCOTTON, AND COURTMACSHERRY, CO. CORK. A fishing boat had been reported overdue, but she was picked up by another fishing boat.- Rewards : Ballycotton, £4 12s. ; Courtmacsherry, £8 5s. 6d..
The S.S. Alhena (1)
JANUARY 29TH-31ST and FEBRUARY 1ST.
- CLOUGHEY, AND DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN. At 12.50 A.M. information came to the Cloughey station from the coastguard at Tara that the S.S. Alhena, of Rotterdam, of 5,000 tons, laden with...