LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Wandle
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.— At 6.48 in the evening of the 3rd of June, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that the s.s. Wandle, of London, was approaching the harbour and wished to land a sick man. The motor life- boat Louise...
Wendy
Dungeness, Kent.—At 1.30. in the afternoon of Sunday the llth of July, 1948, the Fairlight coastguard tele- phoned that a sailing dinghy had cap- sized half a mile off Winchelsea beach, and the motor life-boat Langham, on temporary duty at...
Santa Cruz
Arklow, Co. Wicklow. — At nine o'clock on the night of the 9th of De- cember, 1948, it was reported that a fishing boat was burning flares to the north-east, and the motor life-boat Inbhear Mor was launched at 9.10 in a southerly...
Tansy
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. — At 8.30 in the morning of the 22nd of June, 1949, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was blowing her siren and be- lieved to be on the Geddle Weirs Rocks.
A later message said that she had...
Hermione
Salcombe, Devon. At 8.45 on the evening of the 10th of August, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a motor boat had broken down and was drifting towards Prawle Point. The life-boat Samuel and Marie Parkhouse put out...
Cadj
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 9.12 in the morning, on the 19th of April, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that a fishing boat was flying a distress signal. Accordingly at 9.15 the life- boat Louise Stephens was...
Dragonfly
Torbay, Devon.-—Early in the after- noon, on the 26th of September, 1950, the Berry Head coastguard reported a small motor boat apparently broken down. The occupants were waving to attract attention. At 2.5 the life-boat George Shee put out...
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Lytham - St. - Annes, Lancashire. — At 5.32 in the evening, on the 17th of November, 1950, the police telephoned that the S.S. Empire Gaelic had wire- lessed them. She had heard cries for help from the marshes near the third mile light on...
The Danish Fishing Vessels Dora Veno and Peter Veno
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—At 5.40 in the evening, on the 30th of No- vember, 1950, the coastguard reported that a vessel was making a flare off North Head. At 5.55 the life-boat Julia Park Barry, of Glasgow, was launched in a moderate sea...
The Cable-Laying Ship Ariel
Penlee, Cornwall.—At 6.25 on the night of the 27th of January, 1951, the Penzer Point coastguard telephoned that the commander of the cable- laying ship Ariel, half a mile off Newlyn Pier, was sick. Two doctors were on board. The coastguard...