LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Paul Rykens
Aberdeen.—At 9.27 P.M. on the 15th April the Gregness coastguard telephoned that a vessel was in distress off Berryhill. A later message said that she was about a mile N.E. of the Bridge of Don, apparently aground, and was firing rockets. A...
Shelmelier
Holyhead, Anglesey - At 12.29 a.m.
on i8th April, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the m.v. Kilkenny had sighted red flares about 10 miles north-west of Skerries lighthouse. There was a gale from...
Reggio
Thurso, Caithness-shire.—At 9.30 on the night of the 6th of November, 1955, the Wick coastguard rang up to say that the steam trawler Reggio, of Grimsby, had gone ashore five miles west of Dunnet Head. She was bumping badly and needed help....
Tarbek
Workington, Cumberland.—On the 29th of April, 1957, the master of the motor vessel Tarbek, of Hamburg, anchored off the entrance to Working- ton harbour, asked if a doctor could be sent to his vessel to attend six members of his crew. The...
Flood Tide
Aldeburgh, Suffolk, At 8.35 on the morning of the 4th of October, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small fishing boat had run ashore a mile and a half north of Orfordness lighthouse. Ten minutes later the coastguard...
Rebecca
Troon, Ayrshire. At 5.30 on the even- ing of the 14th of January. 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that a small cabin cruiser with a crew of three was aground on the north side of the bar at the entrance to Irvine har- bour. At 6.8,...
A Dinghy (6)
Howth, Co. Dublin. At 1.6 on the afternoon of the 14th August, 1961, the honorary secretary learnt that a dinghy had capsized a mile and a half south- east of Donabate. At 1.17 the life- boat R.P.L. slipped her moorings at high water....
The S.S. Hanne
DEC. 28TH. - BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 9.45 A.M. the coastguard reported an explosion, and five minutes later a message was received that, a vessel was making distress signals on her siren, east of the piers, at no distance...
The Faroese Motor Vessel Mjoanes
MARCH 8TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 4.37 in the morning, the coastguard telephoned that a rocket had been fired by a vessel ashore on the west side of Cairnbulg Beacon. She was the Faroese motor vessel Mjoanes,...
Vacation
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 10.8 on the morning of the 12th of September, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor boat was lying on its side at Barrow Sands.
A helicopter was not available, and the...