LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Motor Fishing Coble Zephyr
DECEMBER 23RD. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
At about 10.10 A.M. the coastguard telephoned that the local motor fishing coble Zephyr, with a crew of three, was flying distress signals about one and a half milesN.E. of Whitby Rock...
S.S. Empire Dorritt, of Glasgow
MAY 11TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
At 5.5 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that the S.S. Empire Dorritt, of Glasgow, had run aground on Barnard Sands. A light north-easterly breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea....
Patriot
OCTOBER 2 9TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. The fishing boat Patriot, with a crew of five, left in the early morning to take relief keepers to the Tuskar Rock Lighthouse. She had not returned by 8.30 that evening and anxiety was felt for...
Yvonne, of Cardiff
MAY 4TH. - ST. DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE.
At 7.55 in the evening the coastguard reported a small boat drifting two miles north of St. David’s Head. A strong northeasterly breeze was blowing and the sea was rough. The motor...
Premier
MAY 27TH. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE.
At daybreak the coble Premier had gone out to attend to her crab pots. By 8.30 there was thick fog and a heavy sea was breaking at the pier head. There was a breeze from the north-east....
Peep o ' Day, of Wrexford
On the morning of the 21st April the services of this life-boat were again called into requisition. The lugger Peep o'Day, of Wexford, was totally wrecked on the north end of the Dogger Bank, during a strong breeze from the E.N.E. The...
Dawn
OCTOBER 8TH. - CLOUGHEY, CO. DOWN. At 12.30 P.M. the Tara coastguard reported that the motor boat Dawn, of Glasgow, engaged on salvage work, was showing signals of distress at the entrance to Strangford Lough. A strong westerly breeze was...
Margaret and Francis (1)
Aberdeen, and Newburgh, Aberdeenshire.
—On the morning of the 16th December the Cockenzie drifter Margaret and Francis was bound, light, from Burghead to Leith, with a crew of three on board. A whole southerly gale was...
The S.S. Alcyone Fortune
Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—At 8,17 in the evening of Christmas Day, 1948, the Southend coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Princess Margaret had reported to Portpatrick Radio that a vessel was aground on Sanda Island, and the motor life-boat...
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