LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Howth
On the 2nd May a large four-masted barque was observed at anchor in Torbay flying a signal for assistance. The Coastguard reported the matter to the Harbour Master, and within a quarter of an hour of the crew being summoned the Life- boat...
Harmony
About 9 P.M. on the 9th May the wind began to freshen from the north and quickly increased to a whole gale, causing ,a very rough sea. The fishing- boat Harmony, of Eyemouth, was at the j time lying to her nets, and found it impossible to...
Swan and Harwich
The ketch Swan, of Grimsby, and the barge Harwich, of Harwich, the former carrying a crew of four hands and the latter three hands, stranded about three miles S.S.W.
of Gibraltar Point during a moderate northerly gale and...
Regina
Bridlington, Yorkshire.—At noon on the 7th of August, 1955, a message was received from the harbour office that the local yacht Regina had put off with a crew of two, and that anxiety was felt for her safety in the ebbing tide. Twenty...
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Flamborough, Yorkshire. — On the afternoon of the 14th August the coxswain was told that some people were in danger of drowning in Thornwick Bay. about two miles north of Flamborough Head. The wind was only light, from the north, but a very...
Linda
Sunderland, Co. Durham. At 5.15 on the afternoon of the 25th of June, 1960, when the life-boat crew were in the boathouse after an exercise, the coxswain received a report from the owner of the fishing boat Linda that he had lent the boat to...
Britta
Dover, Kent. At 7.8 on the evening of the 15th of February, 1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that the Swedish motor vessel Britta of Helsingborg, which had been in col- lision with the Italian tanker Mirella d'Amico...
Our John
St. Ives, Cornwall. At ten o'clock on the night of the 28th June, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the skiff Our John, with one man on board, had been reported drifting westward on the ebb...
Threesome
Bembridge, Isle of Wight - At 3.43 p.m. on 3rd October, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht with her engine broken down and her sail torn was firing flares four miles south south east of Ventnor. The life-boat...
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COMBINED OPERATION TO RESCUE BOY FROM CLIFF Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At 9.40 on the evening of the 29th May, 1962, the police informed the honorary secretary that a boy was thought to have fallen into the sea from the Little Orme's...