LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Boats
The local fishing fleet put out to sea shortly after daybreak on the 5th November.
Later a south-easterly gale sprang up, with squalls of rain, and a very heavy sea, making the harbour entrance ex- tremely dangerous. The...
Gladena
Dover, Kent. At 2.10 on the after- noon of the 27th of March, 1960, a message was received from the eastern arm of the harbour that the small motor boat Gladena of Dover had broken down with engine trouble half a mile south-east of Dover....
Stella
Newhaven, Sussex. At 8.20 on the evening of the 19th of November, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a boat had been reported flashing a light, and that calls for help had been heard off the Esplanade Hotel, Seaford....
Till Then
Redcar, Yorkshire. At 2.45 on the afternoon of the 7th May, 1961, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small sailing yacht, with a crew cf two, off Marske appeared to have broken her top mast. There was a westerly gale with a...
Green Pastures
Amble, Northumberland. At 3.38 on the morning of the llth July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a red flare had been seen near Snab Point, Drudridge Bay. There was little wind and a slight sea. The tide had begun...
Snowflake, Our Boys and Evening Star
Arbroath, Angus. At 1.45 on the after- noon of the 28th September, 1961, three local fishing boats, Snowflake, Our Boys and Evening Star, were approaching the harbour in a strong south-south-easterly wind and a rough sea. Because of the...
Oscilla
St. Marys, Scilly Islands - At 9.43 a.m. on 21st October, 1968, the honorary secretary learnt that the captain of the tanker Oscilla was in a coma and had to be brought ashore.
The life-boat Guy and Clare Hunter, with a...
Life-Boat
The sea runs high, and surging foam Is spent against the rocky shore, The moon sails on amidst the clouds That surge across the angry sky; No voice is heard, until one word Is called by lone maroon. 'Distress'.
The...
Category: Poetry
A Dinghy (2)
SWEPT OUT TO SEA At 1.20 p.m. on 24th August, 1964, the local police told the honorary secretary that four youths had been swept out to sea in a small dinghy when their engine had failed. One of the youths swam ashore when the dinghy was by...
None (20)
Aberdovey, Merioneth. At 6.50 p.m.
on 7th August, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that two people were stranded on an isolated rock below the cliffs at Berth. At 6.55 the inshore rescue boat launched in a...