LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Zembra
The s.s. Zembra, of Dunkirk, bound from Hartlepool to Savona, laden with coal, and carrying a crew of twenty-nine, ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, on the night of the 19th November, during a fog. Informa- tion was received from the...
The S.S. Irish Holly
IRISH DISTRICT Valentia, Co. Kerry-At 8.45 p.m.
on 22nd January, 1967, a large vessel was reported to have anchored in a very dangerousdangerous position in Loughkay. Weather conditions were too severe for the local pilot...
Books
Books Never turn back: The RNLI since the Second World War By Ray and Susannah Kipling Published by Sutton ISBN 0750943076 Price: £19.99 hardback While the RNLI’s status as a lifesaving charity has remained firm, the Institution has...
Category: Articles
Vrede
ATTEMPTING TO SALVE A DUTCH STEAMER The Humber, and Bridlington, Yorkshire.
—At about 10.30 in the morning of February 21st, 1947, the master of the motor vessel Vrede, of Rotterdam, which had gone ashore four miles...
Radiant Morn
Clogher Head, Co. Louth.—At 5 o'clock in the evening of the 4th of February, 1949, information Was received that the motor trawler Radiant Morn, of Port Oriel, which had a crew of four, was making distress signals and burn- ing flares,...
Fishing Yawls
FRASERBURGH.—The Life-boat Anna Maria Lee was launched at 1 P.M. on the 12th January, a telegram having beenreceived from Pitullie stating that four fishing yawls which had left that place in the morning were unable to return owing to a...
Nicola Dawn
Margate, Kent. At 12.44 early on the morning of the 23rd December, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen in the Gore channel. This was confirmed later, and the position was given as four miles...
Henrik Wergeland
During a moderate S.S.W. gale and rough sea on the llth December, a message was received, stating that the Roaring Middle Light-vessel was firing signals of distress. The Life-boat Licensed Vic- tualler was launched without loss of time and...
Friedi
Portrush, Co. Antrim. At 6.55 on the evening of the 3rd of November, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Friedi, of Delfzijl, had broken down two miles north-north-west of Inishowen Head. At 7.10 the...
James
SUNDEELAND.—The schooner James, of Inverness, bound for Sunderland in ballast, while making for the port during a S.S.E.
wind at 9 P.M. on the 1st of March, stranded on the outer bar of the river Wear, and made signals for...