LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sunbeam
On the 14th March, when a fresh southerly breeze was blowing, and a rough sea was | running, the fishing-coble Sunbeam was j delayed some hours behind the others, in consequence of the night being very dark with snow falling heavily and the...
South African (1)
FORMBY AND NEW BRIGHTON. The barque South African, of Belfast, bound from Eio Grande for the Mersey with a cargo of bone ash, stranded on Taylor's Bank in a strong W. wind with a heavy sea on the llth April. On the vessel being observed...
C. S. Parnell
Wicklow. — On the evening of the 17th of May, 1950, the local fishing boat C. S. Parnell, with a crew of four, left for the fishing ground five miles south of Wicklow. The weather grew bad, a fresh north-easterly wind causing a rough sea....
Nahula
Peel, Isle of Man.—At 9.50 on the morning of the 29th of May, 1955, the honorary secretary noticed that one of the yachts in the race round the island had been dismasted. At 10.20 the life-boat Helena Harris-Manchester and District XXXI was...
Rosemary II and Betty Sheader
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 3Gth of December, 1955, information was received from the crews of fishing boats coming in from sea that the wind was freshening and the weather worsening. There were doubts about the safety...
Sea Witch
FLARES SEEN Margate, Kent. At 12.6 a.m. on 6th July, 1965, a small vessel was reported to be burning a distress flare close to the shore in Botany Bay. The life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. u) was launched at 12.19 m a fresh...
Catrina
TOW FOR CATAMARAN IN NEAR GALE Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. At 2.3 on the afternoon of the 9th September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor yacht appeared to be in difficulties northnorth- east of Fishguard. The...
Provider A, Success, Lead Us and Pilot Me
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 2.20 on the afternoon of the 14th of November, 1956, the skipper of the fishing boat Provider A reported that there were heavy seas on the harbour bar and that his own vessel had had great difficulty in reaching the...
Esso Portsmouth
Angle, Pembrokeshire. Early on the morning of the 9th of July, 1960, the coxswain told the honorary secre- tary that he had heard a violent explosion and seen clouds of black smoke coming from the direction of the Esso jetty at Milford Haven...
Aquila
Troon, Ayrshire. At four o'clock on the afternoon of the llth of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor boat had broken down with engine trouble near the Bell Rock off Prestwick. The life-boat James and...