LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Canadian Steamer Eaglescliffe Hall
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT SHERINGHAM OCTOBER 30TH - 31ST. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK. At 7.47 in the evening of the 29th of October the Sheringham coastguard reported that a vessel off Cley, about five miles west of Sheringham, was showing a signal...
The S.S. Ayrshire Coast, of Liverpool (2)
NOVEMBER 24TH. - TORBAY, AND SALCOMBE, DEVON, AND WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
A heavy south-westerly gale was blowing. The seas were very heavy. Visibility was poor. At 5.35 in the morning information came to the Torbay life-boat...
The Patrol Boat Havoernen of the Royal Danish Navy (1)
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, and Caister, Norfolk.—On the morning of the 3rd of December, 1952, the fast patrol boat Havoernen, of the Royal Danish Navy, with a crew of twenty-four, which was taking part in exercises with British coastal...
The S.S. Kabinda
DEC. 8TH. - WALMER, AND RAMSGATE, KENT. At 8.32 A.M. a message was received at Walmer from the Deal coastguard that a Belgian steamer had stranded on the Goodwin Sands, north of the wreck of the Mahratta.
A whole S.S.W....
Sisters, of Whitby
On the night of the 26th February, the brig Sisters, of Whitby, laden with coals, was driven on shore on the South Barber Sand, off Caistor. Her signals of distress being seen from the shore, the Caistor boatmen proceeded to launch the...
Blue Star
New Quay, Cardiganshire - At 11.15 p.m. on 27th June, 1967, it was learned that the speed boat Blue Star with one man on board was overdue from a fishing trip. The life-boat St. Albans was launched at 12.07 a.m. on 28th in a gentle north...
Gipsy, of Chepstow
On the 19th February, the schooner Gipsy, of Chepstow, was wrecked on St. Ives Ridge, during a strong northerly gale. The Moses life-boat was launched when the vessel was seen running for St. Ives, and reached her just as she grounded on the...
A Sailing Boat (1)
10th November. A sailing boat with twenty men and women on board, mostly agricultural workers returning from the Scottish potato harvest, put off from Burtonport for Arran Island at about 6 P.M. on the 9th November. There was a moderate but...
A Small Open Boat
Aldeburgh, Suffolk. — During the morning of the 17th September the coastguard reported that a small open boat under sail two miles south of Aldeburgh was making very heavy weather. A moderate to fresh squally south breeze was blowing, with a...
Nova
DOCTOR TAKEN TO GERMAN MOTOR VESSEL St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 6.11 on the morning of the 8th March, 1963, the St. Peter Port signal station informed the honorary secretary that the German motor vessel Nova of Stade, which was seven miles...