LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Tarka
Swanage, Dorset. — About seven o'clock on the morning of the 31st of July, 1954, the St. Albans Head coast- guard telephoned that the yacht Tarka was in distress three miles south-south- west of Anvil Point. At 7.14 the life-boat R.L.P....
Jean Horsley
Seaham, Durham.—At 3.42 on the afternoon of the 17th of August, 1954, the coastguard reported that the fish- ing boat Jean Horsley, which had a crew of five, had broken down off Crimdon, about eight miles south of Seaham. At four o'clock...
The Converted Ship's Boat Sun
Anstruther, Fifeshire.—At 10.10 on the morning of the 29th of August, 1954, the coastguard rang up to say that a man at Pittenweem had reported that a small boat was drifting towards the shore east of Pittenweem. It was low water when the...
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Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 7.45 on the evening of the llth of September, 1954, the Cowes Marine Superintendent of Trinity House rang up to ask if the life-boat would take a doctor to the Nab lighthouse to attend the assistant keeper. No...
Castrelios
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At 8.40 on the evening of the 2nd of November, 1954, the coxswain noticed distress rockets at the entrance to the harbour. At nine o'clock the life-boat A.E.D. put out in an ebbing tide. The sea was rough and a fresh...
Vestfart
Stromness, Orkneys.—At 7.45 on the evening of the 26th of November, 1954, the Kirkwall coastguard rang up to say that a Swedish tanker had rescued the crew of six of the motor fishing vessel Vestfart, of Gothenburg, which had capsized, and...
Tranquillity
Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At 5.30 on the afternoon of the 12th of March, 1955, the Formby coastguard reported that the fishing boat Tranquillity, of Peter- head, had broken down near the More- cambe Bay lightvessel. At 7.18 the coastguard...
Miranda
Douglas, Isle of Man.—At 6.40 on the evening of the 19th of May, 1955, the Ramsey coastguard telephoned that a small motor boat had broken down four miles east of Onchan Head. A quarter of an hour later the life-boat Millie Walton was...
Two Yachts
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 12.5 oil the afternoon of the 3rd of July, 1955, the life-boat coxswain received a message from the Wallasey Ya;ht Club that two yachts had capsized half a mile north-west of Rock Light. Ten minutes later the...
Vigilance
Selsey, Sussex.—At seven o'clock on the evening of the 2nd of August, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that the yacht Vigilance, of Shoreham, which had left Shoreham for Portland on the 31st of July with a crew of three, was drifting two...