LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Cabin Cruiser
Padstow, Cornwall.—At 2.50 on the afternoon of the 30th of July, 1951, the Trevose Head Coastguard tele- phoned that he could see an object which he thought was a Carley float, with someone on it waving, about four miles west of Lower...
Five Honorary Workers
MRS. EDITH MA.NBY MRS. EDITH MANBY of Codsall, Staf- fordshire, died in February, 1951, at the age of nearly 86. For almost fifty years she had been an active life-boat worker in the Codsall area, and for some years was president of the...
Category: Obituaries
House-To-House Collections Act, 1939
UNDER the new House-to-House Collections Act, which came into operation on the 1st March, 1940, all collections made from house to house or door to door are controlled by regulations and licences issued by the police.
The...
Category: Articles
Rosemary IV
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 8.10 in the evening of the 30th of May, 1952, the Needles coastguard telephoned that two yachts, taking part in the Cowes to Cherbourg race, had gone aground on Shingles Bank near Elbow Buoy, but they had...
Helen
Barrow, Lancashire. — At 8.55 on the night of the 7th of July, 1952, whilst the coxswain was on duty aboard the pilot boat, a message was intercepted from Morecambe Bay Lightvessel to Seaforth Radio that a small yacht bound for Fleetwood...
Montbretia
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 20th of November, 1952, the coastguard reported a mes- sage from the motor fishing vessel Montbretia, of Hull, asking for help as her engines had failed whilst on passage from...
Shikara II
Margate, Kent. At 12.40 early on the morning of the 9th of August, 1958, the coastguard told the coxswain that a vessel appeared to have broken down eight miles north-east of Margate. At 1.20 the life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No....
Saleta and Terminist
Walmer, Kent. At 1.42 early on the morning of the 1st of October, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen four to five miles south-east of the look-out.
At two o'clock the...
Tango
Walmer, Kent. At 4.51 on the after- noon of the 13th of July, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the master of the East Goodwin lightvessel had reported a motor yacht burning red flares about half a mile east of the...
A Rowing Boat (3)
Scarborough, Yorkshire. At 2.35 on the afternoon of the 24th of August, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the collier Effra had sighted a small rowing boat with two men on board which needed help four miles north-east...