LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Ex-Motor Fishing Vessel Willroy
Padstow, Cornwall.—At 3.43 in the afternoon of the 3rd of June, 1952, the Trevose Head coastguard tele- phoned that the s.s. British Supremacy had wirelessed that she had taken in tow the ex-motor fishing vessel Will- roy, of Fleetwood, with...
The Sailing Boat Janet
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire.—At 2.40 on the afternoon of the 2nd of August, 1952, the sailing boat Janet, racing with a crew of two about two hundred yards off shore, was seen to capsize, and the life-boat William Gammon—Manchester and...
The Converted Naval Steam Launch Nasus
Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.—At 9.55 on the night of the 10th of September, 1952, the life-boat motor mechanic reported that a yacht appeared to have broken down and was drifting to the northward, but the coastguard stated that she was...
The S.S. Araton
Barrow, Lancashire.—At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 18th of December, 1952, a local shipping agency asked if the life-boat would land an injured man from the S.S. Araton, of Stock- holm, which was lying two miles south-west of the Lightning...
Purbeck
Dungeness, Kent.—At 5.30 on the afternoon of the 18th of December, 1952, an ex-life-boat coxswain tele- phoned that a vessel had gone ashore on Newcombe Sands. The tide was very low, and at 7.45, when it had risen sufficiently, the life-boat...
Pansy
Wick, Caithness-shire.—At 6.15 on the evening of the 15th of January, 1953.
it was reported that the local motor boat Pansy, with a crew of two, had broken down and was drifting off Noss Head, and at 6.40 the life-boat City...
Mary Gowans and Trustful III
Aberdeen.—At 4.53 on the afternoon of the 9th of February, 1953, the Gregness coastguard reported that two fishing vessels were making for Aberdeen, as it was too dangerous to enter Stonehaven Harbour. The No.
1 life-boat...
Ros Ruadh
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At four o'clock on the afternoon of the 8th of April.
1953, the Valentia radio station re- ported that the trawler Ros Ruadh, of Dublin, had broken down four miles north-west of Bray Head, and at...
Susan Ann
Appledore, Devon.—At 8.30 on the evening of the llth of July, 1953, the second coxswain told the coxswain that he had seen the yacht Susan Ann, of Fremington, with a crew of four, make distress signals. The Susan Ann was off Crow Rocks near...
Maud
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—At 1.30 early on the morning of the 20th of Au- gust, 1953, a man rang up the life-boat station and said that four men had put out in the fishing boat Maud, of Jersey, but were now five hours overdue. At 2.30 a...