LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Saint-Pierre-Eglise
Caister, Norfolk.—At 6.35 on the morning of the 13th of February, 1955, the Great Yarmouth coastguard tele- phoned to say the North Foreland radio station had reported that the motor trawler Saint-Pierre-Eglise, of Bou- logne, had...
Elizabeth Brooks
HOWTH, DUBLIN BAY,—The Life-boat Clara Baker was launched on the evening of the 6th August, and proceeded to the assistance of the brigantine Elizabeth Brooks, of Larne, which was ashore, with strong breeze blowing from S.E., on the Baldoyle...
Conway Castle, of Liverpool
On the 22nd March, during a fresh gale, the ship Conway Castle, of Liverpool, was stranded on the north end of the Blackwater Bank. The Wexford and Cahore life-boats, the St.
Patrick and the Sir George Bowles, put off,...
Sir Colin Campell
On the 4th October the brig Sir Colin Campbell, of Whitby, in making Rye Harbour, grounded on the bar. The Rye life-boat landed the master and crew, and on the following tide, the weather having mo- derated, they again proceeded to the brig,...
Daisy and Young Kenneth
Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland. — At midday on the 4th February there was a very heavy sea on the bar, and, as fishing boats could be seen making for harbour, the motor life-boat Westmorland was launched at 12.40 P.M., in case her help was...
Aloma (1)
Portrush, Co. Antrim; Campbeltown, Argyllshire; and Donaghadee, Co. Down.
—On the morning of the 12th of July, 1952, a man, together with his wife and two sons, were cruising off the coast of County Antrim in the...
Fishing Boats Constance, Pilot Me II, Betty, Premier,Hilda II,Rachel,etc
Scarborough, Yorkshire. — On the afternoon of the 20th of January, 1952, a strong and increasing north-easterly wind was blowing, with a heavy sea, and at 2.20 the life-boat E.C.J.R.
was launched to escort in the return-...
July (1)
ILFRACOMBE, DEVON. At 6.30 in the evening of the 3rd of March, 1946, the police reported that two boys were cut off by thetide on the rocks at Lee. A strong northerly breeze was blowing and raising a rough sea.
Mr. S....
Category: Services
A Rowing Boat
THREE MEN LANDED FROM ROWING BOAT Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At 4.50 on the afternoon of the 21st October, 1962, news was received that a man in a canoe had left Llandudno at 9.15 that morning and had not returned. A fresh south-east wind...
Fishing Cobles
Three of the fishing cobles belonging to Filey were overtaken by a heavy sea when out fishing on the 27th March. The Life- boat Hollon the Third was launched and proceeded to their assistance. The cobles had considerable difficulty in...