LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Patricia Hague
Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 12th of December, 1952, the coastguard reported that the steam trawler Patricia Hague, of Fleetwood, was in distress two and a half miles north-west-by-west of Point of Ayre, and at 5.15...
Venture
Filey, Yorkshire.—At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 6th of January, 1953, the coastguard telephoned that the sea was heavy. Seven local fishing cobles were still at sea, and at 12.40 the life-boat The Cuttle was launched in a heavy sea with a...
General Botha
Aberdeen.—At 12.45 on the afternoon of the 12th of February, 1953, the owners of the steam trawler General Botha, of Aberdeen, informed the Jife- boat station that the vessel was in urgent need of food and water. The trawler was five days...
A Rowing Boat
Hastings, Sussex.—At 2.8 on the afternoon of the llth of March, 1953, the Fairlight coastguard reported that an angler appeared to be in difficulties in a rowing-boat, about two miles south of Hastings pier, and was waving a flag....
Betty, Rosemary and Rachel
Scarborough, Yorkshire. — On the morning of the 27th of April, 1953, the fishing cobles Betty, Rosemary, and Rachel, of Scarborough, were at sea in bad weather, and the weather was becoming worse. About 7.35 one of them was seen...
Maraat V
Runswick, Yorkshire.—At 1.40 on the afternoon of the 15th of June, 1953, during dense fog, it was learnt at the life-boat station that a vessel had gone aground half a mile south of Staithes. At 2.10 the life-boat Robert Patton—The Always...
San Cirilo
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 8.5 on the evening of the 29th of July, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that the tanker San Cirilo, of London, had asked for a doctor to attend a man suspected of having appendicitis. At 8.45 the life-boat...
Monty
Tenby, Pembrokeshire.—At 8.30 on the evening of the 29th of July, 1953, the life-boat honorary secretary noticed that the local motor boat Monty, with a crew of two, had broken down one mile south-west of St. Catherine's Island. At 8.55...
A Sailing Dinghy (1)
Newhaven, Sussex.—At 6.20 on the evening of the 9th of August, 1953, the coastguard telephoned to say that a sailing dinghy had capsized off Oving- dean, and that her crew of two were clinging to her. At 6.35 the life-boat Cecil and Lilian...
Florence Baxter
Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At 9.15 on the morning of the 9th of September, 1953, the harbour authorities telephoned that the motor fishing vessel Florence Baxter was burning a flare off Rossall Point. At 9.25 the life-boat Ann Letitia Russell...