LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dagny
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 4.22 on the morning of the 23rd of June, 1951, during a thick fog, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was sounding SOS signals on her siren opposite the coastguard station. At 4.37 the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann...
Solent Sprite
Selsey, Sussex.—At 8.0 on the morning of the 29th of August, 1951, a cabin cruiser was reported signalling in difficulties off East Wittering. The coastguard was asked to keep watch; and at 8.15 the life-boat crew as- sembled. From the...
Kittiwake
Newhaven, Sussex.—At 11.0 on the night of the 8th of September, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that the sailing dinghy Kittiwake had put out on a fishing trip that afternoon, but had not returned. At 11.15 the life- boat Jane Holland, on...
Lydia Ann
Helvick Head, Co. Waterford. About eight o'clock in the morning of the 7th of November, 1951, with a rough sea running and a south-easterly breeze blowing, the life-boat motor mechanic was on the lookout on Helvick Head and saw the motor...
Crusader
Margate, Kent.—At 2.16 in the afternoon of the 13th of December, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a motor boat, with two boys on board, appeared to have broken down and to be drifting seawards. She was one and a half miles...
The Motor Speed Boat Flying Spray
SPEED BOAT WITH PROPELLER GONE Ramsgate, Kent.—At 3.45 in the afternoon of the 10th of July, 1947, the coastguard reported a small motor boat in difficulties one mile off Dumpton Gap and a man on board waving a flag.
The...
Amulet
ENGINE FAILED, SAIL CARRIED AWAY Walmer, Kent.—At 8.17 on the night of the 9th of September, 1947, the Deal coastguard telephoned that the auxili- ary yacht Amulet needed a tow one mile east of St. Margarets Bay. The motor life-boat Charles...
Silver Line, Effort, Progress, Floral Queen and Good Faith
A DANGEROUS HARBOUR BAR Whitby, Yorkshire.—At about 11.30 in the morning of the 4th of December, 1947, word was received that local fishing cobles and other boats were coming in. The tide was ebbing, a light easterly breeze was blowing and...
Village Maid
DRIFTING FOR TWENTY-SIX HOURS Cromarty.—At 1 o'clock in the after- noon of the 22nd of January, 1948, the coastguard telephoned a report from the keeper of the Tarbert Ness Light- house that a fishing vessel was making distress signals...
Ebenezer
Baltimore, Co. Cork;—At about 9.20 in the morning of the 9th of June, 1948, fishermen returning to harbour reported a boat in distress off Fastnet Rock.
It was thought that she might be the local motor fishing boat Ebenezer...