LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Sabac
Runswick, Yorkshire.—At 1.55 on the afternoon of the 19th of May, 1953, the Staithes coastguard rang up to say that a vessel had gone aground on Kettleness Point in thick fog, and at 2.15 the life-boat Robert Patton—The Always Ready was...
Gypsy
Tynemouth, Northumberland. — At 8.55 on the evening of the 4th of July, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that a fishing boat appeared to be drifting about three miles to the eastward, and that one of her crew was waving a flag on an oar...
A Rowing Boat (1)
Moelfre, Anglesey.—At 9.40 on the evening of the 7th of August, 1953, the coxswain received a message that three people had gone out fishing at six o'clock in a small rowing boat fitted with an outboard motor, and that they had not...
Merlyn
Boulmer, Northumberland.—At 4.21 on the afternoon of the 23rd of August, 1953, the coastguard telephoned that a motor boat was in difficulties two miles to the eastward and was flying a black flag. At 4.35 the life-boat Clarissa Langdon...
Minx
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 6.50 on the evening of the 25th of Septem- ber, 1953, the life-boat motor mechanic reported that he had seen a yacht on the Burbo Bank. Later she was reported to be high and dry. At 9.15 the life-boat Norman B....
Welfare
Dunbar, East Lothian.—At 3.20 early on the morning of the llth of October, 1953, the police reported that the local motor fishing vessel Welfare, with a crew of two, had left Newhaven and ought to have reached Dunbar about six o'clock...
The S.S. Albano
Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—At 2.15 early on the morning of the 20th of Novem- ber, 1953, the South Gare coastguard rang up to say that the S.S. Albano, of Hull, had wirelessed that she had gone aground in Tees Bay and had asked for tugs and a...
A Punt and Mohawk
Sunderland, Durham.—At 2.10 on the afternoon of the 21st of March, 1954, the Whitburn police told the coast- guard that three boys were adrift in a punt a mile east of Souter lighthouse.
The coastguard telephoned the life-...
The Irish Corvette Maev
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—At 8.30 on the evening of the 14th of May, 1954, the Irish corvette Maev entered Rosslare Ray and signalled that she needed a boat to land a sick man, as her motor cutter was out of com- mission. The sea...
The Humber Lightvessel
Humber, Yorkshire. At 9.10 on the morning of the 24th of November, 1958, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent of a request from the Superintendent of Trinity House, Great Yarmouth, for the life-boat to land the master of the...