LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Yacht (1)
Just after 1000 that morning Filey Coastguard reported a dismasted yacht off Filey Buoy. The wind had gone round to north west and had risen again to a fresh breeze, force 5; the sea was rough. At 1014 the lifeboat launched to escort the...
Viking and Loch Maree
AUG. 9TH. - MINEHEAD, SOMERSET.
During the evening a message was received from the Hurlestone Point coastguard that the motor yacht Viking was on fire six miles north of Porlock Weir and that the motor yacht Loch Maree, of...
The S.S. Longships
DEC. 22ND. - ST. MARY’S, SCILLY ISLES. At about 4 A.M. the coastguard reported a vessel ashore on the Seven Stones and in need of immediate help. A moderate E.N.E breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat Cunard was...
S.S. Accomac
JANUARY 31ST. - MARGATE, KENT.
At 9.33 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a vessel was sinking a mile E.S.E. of the Tongue Light-vessel. A moderate S.E. breeze was blowing, with thick fog, and the sea was...
The S.S. Hamla
MAY 14TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. At 1.23 A.M. information was received through the coastguard from the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, that the S.S. Hamla, of London, was in distress about twenty miles from Selsey Bill in a south-easterly...
S.S. Favorit
NOVEMBER 17TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At about 10.20 A.M. the police asked for the services of the life-boat to land a badly wounded man from a steamer in the roadstead. The sea was rough, with a moderate S.S.W. breeze...
The S.S. Nord Est II
NOVEMBER 21ST. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At 8.20 P.M. the coastguard reported that an S.O.S. call had been received from the S.S. Nord Est II, of Belfast, a former French vessel, which, laden with petrol for Dublin, was aground on the...
A Boat (1)
SEPTEMBER 11TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 12.40 in the afternoon a boatman reported that two boys had gone out in a boat and been lost to sight. It was getting foggy, and anxiety was felt for their safety. A light southerly breeze was...
True Vine, of Fraserburgh
OCTOBER 1ST. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At noon the Gorleston coastguard reported a drifter on Scroby Sands, flying a distress signal. A light north-westerly breeze was blowing, with a swell. The motor life-boat Louise Stephens...
M. A. Stephens
OCTOBER 12TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 4.50 in the morning, the Yarmouth coastguard reported a white flare on Scroby Sands two or three miles in a north-easterly direction. A moderate east-south-east breeze was blowing and...