LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Black Cat
TORQUAY.—At 11 A.M. on the 14th October it was reported that the fishing smack Black Cat, of Paignton, was hanging on to her nets, in great danger,' off that place, having been in that positionsince the commencement of the gale, which...
Winnefred
at 10.30.
On the llth November, while a whole gale was blowing from the S.S.W., the barque Winnefred, of and from Laurvig for London, with wood, was seen coming north. She had lost her main and mizen masts, and had a flag...
Anna Sarah
CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE. — The brigantine Anna Sarah, of Ipswich, while on her way from Ardrossan to a French port, with a cargo of coal, was overtaken by a gale from the S.S.E., when off the Maidens, on the coast of Ireland, and her sails...
Gravesend
On the 19th March the schooner Gravesend, of London, whilst bound from Dunkirk to London with a cargo of coal, got into difficulties close to the Goodwin Sands, owing to her anchors not holding. In response to her signals of distress the...
Maggie
The Life-boat was called out by distress signals at about 10 P.M. on the 25th April, a vessel being in distress in Swanage Bay. The crew were promptly assembled and the boat launched. The vessel proved to be the barge Maggie, of London,...
Ferjo
STANDING BY A SWEDISH COAL SHIP Walton and Frinton, Essex.—-At 11.50 on the night of the 16th of March, 1947, the coastguard reported informa- tion from the Sunk Lightship that a vessel was showing flares. A fresh west- south-west gale was...
Special Gifts
From the Sale of Lavender.
IT has already been mentioned in The Life-boat that last year money was made for Branches by the sale of flowers at the Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton Life-boathouse, and also at Appledore. The...
Category: Donations
A Motor Boat
BODIES FOUND At fifteen minutes past midnight on 25th July, 1965, the coastguard notified the honorary secretary that 315 foot outboard motor boat, known asa"Cruisette", had left the River Teign at 10.30 a.m.
the...
My Lady
POLISH TRAWLERS GUIDED TO HARBOUR Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.
On the afternoon of the llth August, 1962, the yacht My Lady of Hartlepool, which had a crew of five, grounded on a sandbank just inside the entrance to...
Thor
FISHING BOAT TOWED AFTER ENGINE FAILS Eyemouth, Berwickshire. At 2.4 on the morning of the 10th October, 1962, the coastguard passed on to the motor mechanic, in the absence of the honorary secretary, a message from the fishery cruiser...