LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Admiralty Tug St. Oliver
APRIL 13TH. - BEAUMARIS, ANGLESEY.
At 9.15 P.M. a message was received from the commander of the Menai Straits yacht patrol that a tug, which had stranded near Puffin Island, was sinking rapidly. A light S.W. breeze was...
The Danish Steamers Bothal and Viking
MARCH 20TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
The Danish steamers Bothal and Viking had been sunk by torpedo, with the loss of thirty lives. and the survivors were left adrift on rafts. Two of these rafts were seen by an RAF machine...
The Sailing Boat Maretta Belle, of Troon
MAY 20TH. - TROON, AYRSHIRE. At one in the afternoon the naval authorities enquired about a small boat which had left harbour the previous evening but had not returned. An hour later the life-boat coxswain saw a small sailing boat off the...
Aighai and Mistley
JULY 6TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 12.35 in the morning the coastguard reported a vessel aground on South Scroby Sands, and a few minutes later another message came that a second vessel had grounded on South Scroby Sands....
Carew Belle
SEPTEMBER 23RD. - TENBY, PEMBROKESHIRE.
At eleven in the morning the coastguard reported a small yacht in distress one mile to the south-east of Tenby lookout. A strong north-west breeze was blowing and the sea was choppy....
Susanna, of Portsmouth
JULY 16TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 10.55 at night the coastguard reported flares near the South Shingles Buoy, and at 11.20 the motor life-boat Prudential was launched in a north-westerly breeze, with a moderate sea. She searched for some time,...
S.S.. Princess, H.M. Trawler Dandora
JANUARY 11TH . - ILFRACOMBE, DEVON. At 5.45 A.M. a message was received from the Croyde Coastguard that distress signals had been received from the S.S.. Princess, in a position near Elwill Bay.
An easterly breeze was...
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MARCH 2ND. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
At 1.55 P.M. a small white mast with a flag was seen about six or seven miles E. N.E. of the life-boat station. It was thought to be a raft with people on board.
A light...
The S.S. Sphene
MCH. 22ND. - HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 1.10 P.M. a steamer was reported ashore on the Plough Reef, one mile east of Holy Island. The weather was fine but cold, with a W.N.W. breeze and a choppy sea. The motor...
Pinta
JULY 23RD. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
While returning to Hull after a visit to Spurn, the small sailing yacht Pinta, of Hull, manned by five sea scouts, was forced to put back by a rising wind. The sea was moderate, but a...