LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Whltby, Yorkshire.—At 12.20 on the afternoon of the 10th of February, 1953, the conditions at the harbour bar were very bad and four local fishing vessels were still at sea. The No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched at 12.38 in a...
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The Latvian Steamer Everolanda
The Humber, Yorkshire.—At about 9.35 P.M. on the 22nd November a message was received from the port doctor at Grimsby that the Latvian steamer Everolanda, of Riga, at anchor S.E. of Spurn light-vessel, had wirelessed that a, woman on board...
The S.S. Selskar and S.S. Nordic
Walmer, Kent—On the night of the 31st of March, 1949, the S.S. Selskar, of Newcastle, and the S.S. Nordic, of Stockholm, were in collision near the South Falls Buoy, and the Ramsgate life-boat was launched, but her services were not needed...
Walker Hall, of Sunderland
THURSO, N.B.—Eleven lives were saved by the Life-boat Charley Lloyd, on the afternoon of the 7th March. On that day a heavy gale was blowing from W.N.W., when the barque Walker Hall, of Sunderland, having dragged her anchors from Scrabster...
Two Sailing Dinghies
Swanage, Dorset, At 1.30 on the afternoon of the 14th of May, 1960, two sailing dinghies, one fitted with an outboard motor and each with two people on board, left Swanage Bay for Ringstead Bay near Weymouth. The dinghies belonged to the...
Fishing Cobles (2)
HOLY ISLAND.—The No. 1 Life-boat Grace Darling was launched at about 11 A.M. on the 22ad February, the Kev.W. W. F. Keeling, Vicar of Holy Island, and Honorary Secretary of the Institution's branch, taking charge of the boat in the...
The S.S. Dynamo
The N.N.E. gale of the 12th January blew with unusual violence at Fishguard, and at 6.30 A.M. signals of distress were made by the s.s. Dynamo, of Hull, in the bay. The Life-boat Charterhouse was launched, but she was delayed for some little...
Grietje
THREE LIFE-BOATS OUT TO DUTCH VESSEL Port Erin, Port St. Mary, and Douglas, Isle of Man. At 4.15 on the morning of the 5th February, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary of the Port St. Mary life-boat station that a vessel...
Tarascon
Salcombe, Devonshire.— The motor trawler Tarascon, of Boulogne, ran on to the rocks in Steeple Cove at about 10 P.M. on the 22nd March, 1938. Her wireless was put out of order when she struck, and she had no rockets. There was a very heavy...