LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
John Rees
NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.—Shortly before noon on the 7th January the Coastguard reported that a ketch was in need of assistance off St. Agnes Head. The crew of the Life-boat James Stevens No. 5 were immediately summoned, and the boat proceeded with...
Lydia and May
Early in the morning of the 9th January some of the cobles belonging to Cullercoats put to sea, for the pur- pose of fishing, in a S.E. breeze and heavy sea. Shortly afterwards the weather became very much worse and the sea dangerously rough...
Cambria
— At 8 P.M. on the 19th January the watchman re- ported that a vessel had stranded on the "Inner Binks," about one mile S.E.
of the Watch House. Robert Cross, the Coxswain of the Life-boat, at once went to the...
Sky Lark and Fisher Lassie
During the night of the 31st July the Coastguard at Knab saw flares being burnt by a vessel in the South entrance. She was evidently drifting seaward. The Life-boat Station was warned, and the Motor Life-boat Lady Jane and Martha Ryland was...
A Small Boat
On the afternoon of the 13th January the coxswain of the motor life-boat Margaret Harker Smith was warned that a small boat, manned by three youths, had gone out of the harbour. A moderate N.W.
breeze was blowing, and a...
A Sailing Boat (1)
10th November. A sailing boat with twenty men and women on board, mostly agricultural workers returning from the Scottish potato harvest, put off from Burtonport for Arran Island at about 6 P.M. on the 9th November. There was a moderate but...
F.L.B., of Blyth
Skegness, Lincolnshire.—On the afternoon of the 19th June the coastguard reported that a small yacht was aground on the Outer Knock, about three miles S. by W. of the pier, but was not in immediate danger. Later on a message was received...
Success (1)
Redcar, and Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—At about 9.45 A.M. on the 2nd January, 1939, the coastguard at Marske telephoned that a motor fishing vessel was in distress four miles north-east of Huntcliffe. She was the Success, of Whitby, with a crew...
The S.S. Hilary
Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 1.22 in the morning of 9th April, 1939, the coastguard reported that the 7,000-tons s.s.
Hilary, of Liverpool, was ashore at Carmel Head. She was homeward bound from Brazil to Liverpool with general...
The S.S. St. Ninian
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. — At 4.15 A.M. on the 16th July, 1939, a message was received from the coastguard that a vessel had gone ashore at North Head. A light N.E. breeze was blowing, with a slight sea, and there was a thick fog. The motor...