LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Pioneer
KESSINGIASTB. — At 4 P.M., on the 7th February, signals of distress were observed.
from the fishing smack Pioneer, of Lowestoft, which had stranded in J?akefieM Gat.
The So. 1 Life-boat, the Botton, was...
Enigma
On the afternoon of the 6th March, at about 5 o'clock, a schooner was observed coming from the W. and making for Serabster Boads. As the sea was very heavy, and the wind was blowing strongly from the N., fears were entertained that she...
Sarnian Gem
CAISTER, NORFOLK.—At noon on the 30th Jannary the No. 1 Life-boat Covent Garden put off to the assistance of the schooner Sarnian Gem, of Guernsey, bound from Guernsey to London with stone, she having apparently lost all her sails. The...
Minnie
Workington, Cumberland.—At 4.35 on the afternoon of the 1st of November.
1953, the coastguard rang up to say that the dock police had reported that four youths had put off in the fishing boat Minnie, of Maryport, but that...
Kestrel
Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 12.15 early on the morning of the llth September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small sailing yacht on passage from Humber to Bridlington was overdue. The life-boat Tillie Morrison,...
Real-life trial
A brand new, state-of-the-art lifeboat arrived at Appledore station at the end of March but she was saving lives weeks before while on trials off the south Devon coast.
During sea trials, in force 6–7 winds, a mayday call...
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Darling facts
Grace Horsley Darling was born on 24 November 1815 in her grandparents’ cottage in Bamburgh. She was the seventh child of Thomasin and William Darling.
William was Lighthouse Keeper on Brownsman Island. Grace and her eight...
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Lizzie and Daisy
At 9 o'clock in the evening* of the 11 th January, when a whole gale was blowing, it was reported that some of the fishing-hoats were at sea in a helpless condition with their sails blown away. Steps were taken to verify the report, and...
Bexhill
On the evening of the 28th October, a flare was seen in the direction of the Brake Sand. A fresh gale of wind was then blowing from the N.N.E. with rain, and there was a heavy sea on the sand.
The Ramsgate Life-boat was at...
A Sailing Dinghy
Poole, Dorset. At 7.40 on the even- ing of the 2nd of January, 1959, the police at Wareham told the coxswain that a sailing dinghy had left Wareham at three o'clock in the afternoon and had not returned. The crew consisted of a father...