LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Clonlee
Workington, Cumberland. — On the 10th of July, 1952, the S.S. Clonlee, which had arrived off Workington from Algiers, laden with iron ore, radioed that she was short of food and asked for provisions. Her agents asked if the life-boat would...
Empress
Kilmore, Co. Wexford.—At 2.45 on the afternoon of the 16th of July, 1952, the motor mechanic reported that the fishing boat Empress, of Wexford, with a crew of three, was in difficulties about three miles east of Kilmore...
Rapid
Ballycotton, Co. Cork.—At midnight on the 5th of August, 1952, the wife of a man, who had gone fishing in his motor boat Rapid with two others at 7.0 that morning, telephoned that they should have returned at 7.0 in the evening. There was a...
A United States Jet Aircraft
Margate, Kent.—At 4.12 on the after- noon of the 4th of September, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that an explo- sion had been seen north-west of the coastguard station, and later stated that a United States jet aircraft had been seen to...
The S.S. Kylemore
Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 10.20 on the morning of the 14th of September, 1952, the coastguard reported that the S.S. Kylemore, of Limerick, which was one and a half miles off Holyhead, had a sick man on board and had asked for a doctor. At...
Airborne
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 3.37 on the afternoon of the 25th of September, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht two miles west-south-west of Clacton Pier appeared to need help, and at 3.45 the life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was...
The S.S. Henriette Schulte
Torbay, Devon.—At 8.45 on the even- ing of the 10th of February, 1953, local shipping agents telephoned that a man had fallen down the hold of the S.S. Henriette Schulte, of Emden, seriously injuring himself, and asked if the life-boat would...
The Bermuda-Rig Yacht Larry
Sennen Cove, Cornwall.—At 5.15 on the afternoon of the 18th of April, 1953,the Pendeen lighthouse-keeper rang up the life-boat coxswain to say that he had seen a yacht in distress off the Three Stone Oars Rocks, and at 5.30 the life-boat...
The Pram Dinghy Turtle
Rhyl, Flintshire.—At 2.25 on the afternoon of the 5th of July, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that the Abergele police had reported that a small boat had capsized off Llandulas, and that her crew of two were swim- ming towards Abergele....
The S.S. Ardetta
Newhaven, Sussex.—At 6.45 on the evening of the 27th of July, 1953, the coastguard reported that the S.S.
Ardetta, of Liverpool, which was off Newhaven, had asked for a boat to land a man who had fallen down her hold. The...