LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Kestrel
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 1.30 P.M.
on the 2nd October, 1938, a small boat near the edge of the Burbo Bank in the Rock Channel was seen to be flying a distress signal. A fresh, squally west breeze was blowing, with a...
The S.S. Dunja
Arranmore, Co. Donegal.—About half past two in the afternoon of the 23rd of October, 1949, information was received that a vessel in ballast was on the rocks off Kincasslagh, and the life-boat K.T.J.S. was launched at 2.45 in a rough sea,...
Sora
Moelfre, Anglesey.—At 8.45 in the evening, on the 1st of June, 1950, dis- tress signals were seen about three miles south-east of Moelfre Island. At nine the life-boat G.W. was launched.
The sea was smooth, with a northerly...
Canoes
Ramsgate, Kent. — At 7.25 on the evening of the 30th of July, 1950, the coastguard reported a message from the East Goodwin Lightvessel. Two exhausted canoeists were aboard, and they wanted the life-boat to land...
King Athelstan
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 7.54 on the morning of the 10th of March, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that the local steam trawler King Athelstan, with a crew of ten, had broken adrift from a tug and gone on the Newcombe...
Buxey
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. — At 2.59 in the afternoon, on the 23rd of March, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that H.M. Customs at Brightlingsea had reported a yacht apparently in diffi- culties and dragging her anchor off Colne Point. At 3.0 the...
Tony
Wells, Norfolk.—At 6.0 on the night of the 30th of January, 1952, the life- boat coxswain received a message that two life-boatmen had fallen overboard from their fishing boat Tony while working on their nets, and at 6.44 the life-boat Cecil...
The Motor Fishing Boats Success, Venus, Pilot Me and Galilee
At 11.30 A.M. on the 29th December the local motor fishing boats Success, Venus, Pilot Me and Galilee were expected home. A moderate easterly breeze was blowing, with rain showers and fog, and a strong sea, coming with the flood tide, was...
Smiling Morn
Southwold, Suffolk.—On the afternoon of the 5th June the Aldeburgh coastguard reported that a small motor fishing boat belonging to Southwold was passing northwards and making heavy weather. She was the Smiling Morn, with the life-boat's...
Mayfly
Torbay, Devon.—On the evening of the 12th July the Berry Head coastguard reported that a yacht appeared to be in difficulties between Berry Head and the Orestone. A strong, squally S.S.W. breeze was blowing, with heavy rain. The motor...