LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Boy's Own, Speedwell and Cluaran
North Sunderland, Northumberland.— About noon on the 8th of November, 1948, several of the fishing boats returned to harbour. The north- westerly breeze was light, but there was a very heavy swell at the harbour entrance, and they had...
Lepanto, of Grimsby
At 5.40 a.m. on 24th March, 1967, news was received that the trawler Lepanto of Grimsby was on fire about 18 miles east north east of Flamborough Head. There was a fresh west by northerly breeze with a moderate sea.
It was...
Contango, of Woodbridge
Lowestoft, Suffolk - At 8 p.m. on 13th May, 1967, the yacht Contango of Woodbridge was reported aground on the Newcombe sandbank and was flying a distress signal. The life-boat Frederick Edward Crick was launched at 8.25 in a fresh north...
A Motor Cruiser
Poole, Dorset. At 6.45 on the evening of the 5th of February, 1961, the honor- ary secretary was told by the police that calls for help had been heard coming from the direction of Holes Bay. When the life-boat Thomas Kirk Wright was launched...
A Boat
RESCUED BY HELICOPTER At 7.4 pon. on I2th July, 1964, a local pleasure boat proprietor told the honorary secretary that a hirer of one of his boats was missing and that the help of the lifeboat was needed to find him. The tide had been...
St. Joachim
Humber, Yorkshire. At 4.30 p.m. on 18th October, 1965, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that the French trawler St. Joachim was proceeding to Spurn with an injured man on board. The help of the life-boat was asked for to...
Galilee and other Fishing Boats
Whitby, Yorkshire - At 10.15 a-mon nth April, 1966, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that conditions were deteriorating on the bar and harbour approaches and that the oldest boat in the local fleet was approaching the harbour....
Medina
TOW FOR CABIN CRUISER DRIFTING ON TO ROCKS Newbiggin, Northumberland. At 5.58 on the afternoon of the 7th October, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser appeared to be in need of help in Newbiggin Bay, and...
Linda M.
TWO MEN RESCUED FROM FISHING BOAT Blyth, Northumberland. At 3.46 on the afternoon of the 4th November, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a message had been received from the east pier lighthouse keeper that two men in...
Winmarleigh
DOCTOR TAKEN OUT TO TRAWLER Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. At 11.18 on the night of the 7th June, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man had been taken ill on board the trawler Winmarleigh of Fleetwood and needed medical...