LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 3.50 on the afternoon of the 19th of January,1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel in tow of a tug had broken adrift three miles off Maplin Head. At 4.38 the life-boat Greater London...

Blackpool, Lancashire.—At midnight on the 17th of June, 1954, the Formby coastguard rang up to say that the police had reported seeing two small boats, each with two men on board, off Bispham. The men were said to be shouting for help. At 12...

Anstrwther, Fifeshlre.—At 2.16 on the afternoon of the 25th of September, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that two boys were drifting in a rowing boat about two miles south-east of Elie Ness.

At 2.25 the life-boat James and...

AFTER FALSE ALARM At 3.50 p.m. on 22nd November, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen off Whitehaven.

Although it was soon learned that this report was a false alarm, a search was...

Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 10.26 on the morning of the 5th of May, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht was aground one mile south of Red Sand Fort and was pounding heavily. At 10.55 the life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service No....

Ramsgate, Kent - At 5.14 p.m. on 23rd September, 1968, the coastguard reported that a small boat in Pegwell bay needed assistance. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis slipped her moorings at 5.25 in a fresh westerly breeze with a slight sea...

NOVEMBER 28TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM. At 9.30 A.M. it was learned that the motor fishing vessel Dahlia, of Hull, with a crew of five, had not returned to port since the previous day. A light N.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea. The...

GREEK STEAMER SUNK BY ENEMY ACTION.

Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, ** Norfolk.—At 12.28 P.M. on the 24th October, 1939, a message was received from the senior naval officer through the Gorleston coastguard that...