LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Pioneer
NO ENGINE, BUT ONE OAR Flamborough, Yorkshire. — At about 4.25 on the afternoon of the 10th of January, 1948, the Royal Naval Shore Signal Station telephoned that a fishing coble appeared to have broken down off Flamborough Head. The motor...
The French Naval Vessel Victorieuse
Dungeness, Kent.—There was fog in the morning of the 2nd of March, 1948, and at 8.20 distress signals were heard. At 8.45 the motor life-boat Charles Cooper Henderson was launched in a moderate north-easterly breeze, with a choppy sea, and...
The Motor Fishing Coble Helena
Whitby, Yorkshire. — During the afternoon of the 15th of September, 1948, a sudden storm sprang up and the local fishing fleet returned to har- bour, but the motor fishing coble Helena did not arrive, and about 3.45 the coastguard telephoned...
Johnny Eager
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. — At 5.17 in the evening of the 8th of January, 1949, the coastguard telephoned that the motor fishing vessel Johnny Eager, of Swansea, was making distress signals, and at 5.40 the life-boat William Gammon —...
Makrojak
Hastings, Sussex. — At 2.50 in the afternoon of the 6th of August, 1949, the life-boat motor mechanic saw a yacht dismasted three miles to the south-west, and the life-boat Cyril and Lilian Bishop was launched at 3.5 in a moderate...
Thrush
At 6.10 P.M.
on the 18th September, one of the Life-boat Crew reported to the Cox- swain that a small yacht, the Thrush, of Hull, had stranded on the end -of Spurn Point. A light N.W. breeze was blowing, with a slight...
The Rock Lightvessel
The Cox- swain was informed at 5.50 P.M. on the 15th November that the Barrels Rock Light-vessel had fired a rocket, and the Pulling and Sailing Life-boat John Dunn was launched in a strong S.E. breeze with a rough sea. She found that the...
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Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. At 9.40 on the evening of the 7th of June, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two children were stranded on Sully Island by the rising tide. At 10.10 the life-boat Rachel and Mary...
A Fishing Coble
Flamborough, Yorkshire.—On the afternoon of the 18th of November, 1952, a local fishing coble was known to be at sea in bad weather, but noth- ing could be seen of her. At 2.45 the life-boat Howard D was launched. The sea was rough...
Martinique
Torbay, Devon.—At midnight on the 1st of September, 1953, the Brixham coastguard rang up to say that a man at Torcross had reported that a motor yacht was short of fuel and had anchored two hundred yards off the north end of Beesands. At...