LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Elizabeth
WINTERTON, NORFOLK.—On the morning of the 21st March the ketch Elizabeth, of Goole, was observed about half-a-mile from the shore running straight for the beach in a strong N.E. breeze and a heavy sea. The crew of the No. 1 Life-boat Edward...
Margaret Evans, of Glasgow
On the 29th January, at 7 P.M., the Life-boat, Elizaleth Soys, brought on shore the crew of 21 men from the ! barque Margaret Evans, of Glasgow, bound ; from Philadelphia to Antwerp, which vessel had run ashore under Seaford Head...
Commerce
During a fresh N.N.W. breeze and moderate sea, on the night of the 27th April, the brig Commerce, of Yarmouth, stranded on the Knock Sand, and in response to her signals of distress, the Life-boat Samuel Lewis was launched and pro- ceeded to...
Fishing Cobles (4)
During a light S.E. breeze with a heavy ground swell four fishing cobles belonging to Whitby were seen making for Runswick.
As the landing at Runswick was con- sidered to be very dangerous the Cox- swain of the Life-boat...
None (2)
At 8.35 P.M.
on the 18th February, information was received from the Coastguard that rocket signals had been seen between Pepper- combe and Clovelly, but that nothing further was known. The motor Life- boat V.C.S. was...
Silver Line & Star of Hope
On the 15th July the local fishing cobles put out early in the morning to haul their crab pots, but were overtaken by bad weather, and all returned to harbour except two, the Silver Line and the Star of Hope. A moderate N. breeze was...
A Fishing Boat
Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—At 12.25 in the afternoon of the 27th of January, 1948, the coastguard reported that anxiety was felt for the. safety of a local fishing boat which had not been seen since 9 o'clock that morning. The wind was...
The Sailing Boat Fiddlesticks
Howth, Co. Dublin—At 12.45 in the afternoon of the 15th of August, 1948, a yacht reported that a small boat was drifting off Ireland's Eye, and at 1.4 the motor life-boat R.P.L. was launched in a fresh westerly breeze with a moder- ate...
A Rubber Dinghy
Cromer, Norfolk.—During the morn- ing of the 2nd of September, 1948, the engines of the No. 1 life-boat Henry Blogg were being tested as she lay at moorings. At half past eleven the coxswain noticed a small boy being carried out to sea in a...
Susan Anne
Hastings, Sussex.—At 12.20 in the afternoon of the 2nd of October, 1948, the Fairlight coastguard telephoned that a fishing boat at anchor, three and a half miles to the eastward, was sig- nalling for help. The motor life-boat Cyril...