LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Corstar
Cromer, Norfolk. At 1.55 early on the morning of the 8th March, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the collier Corstar was mak- ing for Cromer with a sick man aboard and that a doctor was needed. There was a light...
A Cutter
EIGHT NAVAL CADETS TOWED TO SAFETY Salcombe, Devon. At 11.20 p.m. on Saturday the 13th of July, 1963, the Prawle Point coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht appeared to be in difficulties off Gammon Head and that her crew were...
Iron Crown
On the 7th Feb- ruary, the ship, Iron Crown, went on the outer edge of the Goodwin Sands, about two miles S.W. of the Beacon. She fired signal- guns, but they were not heard from the shore. The wind was blowing strong from the S. W., and the...
Balnagask
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 5.33 on the evening of the 19th December, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretaiy that red flares had been seen north of the coastguard look-out. The life-boat Julia Park Barry of Glasgow was...
Lifeboat Services
West Division Steering failure LIVERPOOL COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of New Brighton lifeboat station at 1400 on Sunday August 29, 1982, that the yacht Ocea was acting in an erratic manner and appeared to be in difficulties...
Category: Services
A Steamer (2)
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—14th December. A steamer had been in collision with the Newarp light-vessel, but she did not need help.
In response to flares the life-boat then went to Horsey Gap,...
Canoes
Canoes HEARING AT 1335 on Saturday May 26, 1979, that a canoe had capsized off Dover, Coxswain/Assistant Mechanic Anthony Hawkins informed Dover Port Control that he and a crew member who was with him were going to the boathouse to stand by....
Overladen and Unseaworthy Ships
THE Loss OF THE UTOPIA.
THE loss of a fine ship of 1,000 tons or more, with a valuable cargo on board, is- so frequent an occurence now-a-days, and yet the aggregate of such losses forms so small a per-centage to the...
Category: Articles
Mary Ann
CARDIGAN.— The Coastguard on the look out at Penrhyn Castle observed a light in the bay, apparently shown by a vessel in distress, while a strong gale was blowing and a very heavy sea running on the night of the 23rd March. The crew of the...
Lifeboat Services
Whitby Scarborough East Division TWO LIFEBOATS STAND BY IN SEVERE CONDITIONS Lifeboatman overboard during long service to stricken coaster Members of the Scarborough lifeboat crew hauled their own Second Coxswain, John Trotter, to safety...
Category: Services