LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Success
NOVEMBER 19TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
During the afternoon the weather worsened. The only Whitby fishing boat still at sea was the motor fishing boat Success.
Anxiety was felt for her safety. A southwesterly...
St. Colman, of Arklow
NOVEMBER 19TH. - DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO. DUBLIN. At 7.25 at night a message was received that a motor trawler had broken down off west pier head. A moderate southeasterly breeze was blowing, and the sea was rough. The motor life-boat Dunleary II...
Platypus
DECEMBER 12TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM.
At 8.50 at night the coastguard reported a small vessel flashing SOS signals half a mile east of Heugh Light. A light westerly breeze was blowing and the sea was slight. The motor...
Ann
AUGUST 12TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 10.55 in the morning a report was received from returning fishermen that a boat was believed to have capsized as she left the fishing grounds in Pegwell Bay. A strong south-south-west breeze was blowing and...
A Boat (3)
JUNE 18TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. During the morning a small boat with five boys on board was seen two miles N.N.E. from the life-boat station. A moderate S.S.W. breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea. The boat was kept under observation and at 1...
A Vessel (35)
DECEMBER 23RD. - LYTHAM - ST.ANNE’S, LANCASHIRE. The motor life-boat Dunleary had just returned from searching for an aeroplane when a message was received from the senior naval officer at Preston asking the life-boat to take a message to a...
The S.S. Penrhyn and the Examination Vessel Galatea
NOVEMBER 15TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At 12.17 P.M. the Mersey Docks Board reported to the life-boat authorities that a steamer had sunk near the Gamma Buoy.. A S.E. breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth. The No. 1 motor life-boat...
None (54)
OCTOBER 27TH. - PORTRUSH, CO. AN-.TRIM. In the afternoon an R.A.F. sergeant was walking in the neighbourhood of Ramore Head with a leading aircraftwoman, and was washed into the sea at Reviggery Point. His companion went for help and the...
IRB Launches. Rescues by IRBs in January were carried out by the following stations
NORTH-WEST DISTRICT Flint - At 10.44 a.m. on 25th January, 1967, news was received that someone was in distress in the river Dee. The IRB was launched at 10.52 in a calm sea and proceeded up river. She found a wild- fowler who had...
Category: Services
Two Steamers
Peterhead.—At 2 o'clock in the morning of the 2nd April Coxswain Cameron received a telephone message from the Coastguards stating that some vessels were firing rockets and burning flares in South Bay for assistance as they were in...