LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Don’t Know
NOVEMBER 12TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
At 2.25 in the afternoon the coastguard reported a fishing boat making distress signals two miles south-east of the coastguard station. A gentle south-westerly breeze was blowing, and...
The S.S. Towneley
JANUARY 7TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 3.55 P.M. a message was received from the Margate coastguard that two ship’s boats had been seen near the Tongue Light-vessel.
A southerly breeze was blowing, and the sea was smooth. At 4.5...
The S.S. Kingsborough
NOVEMBER 21ST. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 9.6 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard station at the Needles that a steamer was sinking off the station. A moderate W.S.W. wind was blowing and the sea was smooth. At 9.30...
Lifting Craft No. 17
SEPTEMBER 3RD. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.
At 3 P.M. the naval authorities asked for the life-boat to be launched as lifting craft No. 17 had broken loose from moorings at the mouth of the harbour, where she was being used on...
Svarton
JANUARY 3RD. - FRASERBURGH ABERDEENSHIRE. At 9.58 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that vessel had been mined ten miles N.E. from Kinnaird Head. A N.W. wind was blowing, with a very heavy ground swell. At 10.5 A.M the motor...
The Helwick Lightvessel
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 10.40 on the morning of the 16th of March, 1961, the Trinity House depot informed the honorary secretary that a doctor was needed on board the Helwick lightvessel.
The weather was fair. There was no...
The S.S. Florence
Arbroath, Angus.—At about 5.20 P.M.
on the 3rd October, 1938, it was noticed that the S.S. Florence, of Liverpool, which had anchored earlier in the afternoon off the harbour entrance, was in difficulties. She was a vessel...
The S.S. City of Amsterdam
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At 2.50 on the morning of the 25th of May, 1958, the managing director of the owners of the S.S. City of Amsterdam, of Dublin, informed the honorary secretary that her master had collapsed on the bridge of...
Fillet
CRIES FOR HELP HEARD FROM FISHING BOAT Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 11.25 on the night of the 5th June, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small motor boat in the north bay was flashing a light and that cries for help...
A Fishing Boat
LIFE-BOATMAN DIES ABOARD FISHING BOAT Ballycotton, Co. Cork. At 10.20 p.m.
on Monday the 12th of August, 1963, the honorary secretary was told that an 18-foot punt, which had been taken out lobster potting, appeared to have...