LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Small Rowing Boat
Dunbar, Haddingtonshire.—Late on the evening of the 18th July information was received that a small rowing boat, with a man and a woman on board, appeared to be unmanageable and was drifting out to sea with the strong ebb tide. A moderate...
Clacton Queen
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—On the 10th August the paddle steamer Clacton Queen, of Rochester, left Clacton to visit Chatham, where Navy Week was being held. She carried a company of several hundred people. She did not return as expected, and...
Actuosity
— On the night of the 21st October the Royal Naval Shore Signal Station at Nells Point telephoned that a vessel was ashore at Colhugh Point, and the motor life-boat Prince David was launched at 10.50 p.m. A moderate to strong S.S.W. breeze...
Nancy
The local motor fishing boat Nancy II, carrying a crew of three, put to sea on the 4th January. She did not return when expected, and the motor life-boat Elliot Gakr was launched at 4.33 P.M.
to look for her. A strong north...
Nelly Fleming
On the afternoon of the 8th January, the Avonmouth haven master telephoned that a ship had gone aground on the Welsh Hook, seven cables N.W. by W.
of the Welsh Hook Buoy, and was lying in a dangerous position. A fresh...
Rosehearty
YACHT FOUND NEAR ROCKS IN FOG St. Abbs, Berwickshire. At 4.20 on the morning of the 22nd April, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was ashore and had been holed three miles west of St. Abbs Head. At 4.40 the...
The Seine-Net Fishing Boat Avondale
DOCTOR TAKEN TO FISHING BOAT Scarborough, Yorkshire. At 9.45 on the morning of the 12th June, 1962, the coastguard informed the coxswain that the seine-net fishing boat Avondale of Hartlepool, which was making for Scarborough, had a sick man...
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SICK CHILD TAKEN TO MAINLAND Galway Bay. At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 1st August, 1962, the local doctor asked for the help of the life-boat in bringing a sick child from Inishmaan to the mainland as no other boats were...
Nessie
TOW FOR FISHING BOAT WITH BROKEN RUDDER Sunderland, Durham. At 3.12 on the afternoon of the 3rd September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a beach attendant at Seaburn had reported a boat burning red flares two...
A Yacht and a Dinghy
YACHT'S CREW TAKE TO DINGHY New Brighton, Cheshire. At 5.25 on the afternoon of the 9th September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had foundered off Harrison drive and that her crew had taken to a...