LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ivy
Escort A CARGO VESSEL, Ivy, taking water and listing 15 miles south of Douglas Head, was reported to the honorary secretary of Douglas lifeboat station by HM Coastguard at 0900 on Saturday, January 3, and at 0920 the 46' 9" Watson...
The Corvette K458
MARCH 29TH. - SENNEN COVE, AND PENLEE, CORNWALL. A message was received at Sennen Cove at 7.33 in the morning that a vessel needed help four miles north-north-west of Pedn-men-Dhu. A strong south-south-west wind was blowing and the sea was...
Sailing Dinghies
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire - At 12.50 p.m. on 21st September, 1969, the local sailing club requested assistance for the club's guard boats in a race in which several sailing dinghies had capsized in squally weather off Little Orme's...
Hunzeborg
Walmer, Kent - At 10.4 a.m. on i3th August, 1966, the honorary secretary heard an S.O.S. call from the Dutch coaster Hunzeborg reporting that she had been in collision with the Greek freighter Diamandis, south of the East Goodwin lightship....
Happy Harry, of Dublin
SEPTEMBER 29TH. - YOUGHAL, CO. CORK, AND HELVICK HEAD, CO. WATERFORD. At four in the afternoon the Ardmore civic guards reported that a schooner, travelling west under sail, seemed to be on fire aft. A strong south-east wind was blowing,...
Dragon
DUNGENESS.—The Coxswain of the Life-boat B.A.O.B., being informed by the Coastguard on the morning of the 8th January that a steamer was stranded, the crew were summoned and at 5.30 the * Life-boat was launched.
The wind...
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North Sunderland, Northumberland.
About 10.30 on the morning of the 28th June, 1961, the local Trinity House representative informed the life-boat motor mechanic that a man was seriously ill in the Longstone light-...
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Mallaig, Inverness-shire.—At 11.0 in the morning of the 28th of December, 1951, the Post Office asked if the life- boat would take the Christmas mail to the islands of Eigg, Rhum and Canna as the regular steamer had not made its weekly call...
Pam
FEB. 26TH. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX. At 12.30 P.M. the coastguard reported that a small boat was in distress about half a mile south-east of Newhaven. A light W.S.W.
wind was blowing and the sea was choppy.
The...
Kalora
SKIN DIVERS PASS LINE TO YACHT Exmouth, Devon. At 3.45 on the afternoon of the 14th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small sailing yacht had been blown on to the Pole Sands and that she was inside the...