LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Barracuda
Douglas, Isle of Man.—At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 20th of August, 1950, the life-boat Elsie, on temporary duty at the station, was launched to help the motor yacht Barra- cuda, of Belfast. With a crew of four aboard, shs had...
Tanga
Aith, Shetlands.—About 8.0 on the night of the 4th of February, 1951, the Lerwick harbour-master reported that the M.V. Tanga, of Rotterdam, had wirelessed that she was seeking shelter north-west of Shetland. She asked for a pilot to be sent...
Marguerite T.
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—At 10.31 on the night of the 21st of August, 1951, the signal station made a report.
The yacht Marguerite T., of Lowestoft, had wirelessed that she had broken down and was in a dangerous position...
Merrimac, of New York
Barrow, Lancashire. — At three o'clock in the afternoon of the 15th of November, 1951, the agents of the tanker Merrimac, of New York, re- ported that she had wirelessed that she had a sick man on board in need of a doctor. She would be...
Pitness
Soon after midday on the 27th March the coastguard telephoned that a steam drifter three miles N.E. of Troup was flying a " Not under control " signal.
The motor life-boat Lady Rothes put out at 12.40 P.M. In the...
Blue Peter
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 3.43 on the afternoon of the 18th of June 1954, a message was received from the coastguard that a tanker had reported a yacht apparently broken down off Nore Towers. At 4.5 the life-boat The Lord Southborough,...
Ability
Angle, Pembrokeshire.—At 3.15 on the morning of the 30th of November, 1954, the coastguard reported that a vessel east of Milford Docks was drag- ging her anchors and sounding distress signals on her siren. At 3.50 the life- boat Elizabeth...
Renif
Poole, Dorset.—At 6.15 on the even- ing of the 26th of March, 1955, the police reported that a man and his wife had put out in the local motor launch Renif, but had been missing since 2.35.
At 6.30 the life-boat Thomas Kirk...
Vigilance
Selsey, Sussex.—At seven o'clock on the evening of the 2nd of August, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that the yacht Vigilance, of Shoreham, which had left Shoreham for Portland on the 31st of July with a crew of three, was drifting two...
Silver Line
Flamborough, Yorkshire. — On the morning of the 14th of December, 1955, the weather grew worse while the local fishing coble Silver Line, with a crew of two, was still at sea. Anxiety was felt for her safety, and at 10.15 the life-boat...