LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Pioneer
.—The Life-boat Zaccheus Burroughet waa launched for exercise on the morning of the 20th March, the District Inspector of Life- boats being on board. The wind was fresh from E.S.E. and a strong sea making. The sloop Pioneer, of Lynn, whilst...
Sea Queen and Golden Horn
The Pulling and Sailing Life-boat Lizzie Porter was launched at 9.30 A.M. on the 10th October, as a very heavy sea had got up, with heavy rain showers and a strong and increas- ing N.E. wind, and the local fishing coble Sea Queen was at sea....
Oil As a Wave Smoother
The Shipping and Mercantile Gazette recently called attention in a leading article to the advisability of the use of oil during rough weather at sea under certain favourable conditions. They remarked that it was gratifying to observe that...
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Danny and Ness
FIREMAN TAKEN TO LEAKING TUG Caister, Norfolk. At 6.50 on the morning of the 21st April, 1962, the crew of a fishing boat came ashore to report that flares had been fired from two vessels about three miles northeast- by-north from Caister....
Boy's Own, Speedwell and Cluaran
North Sunderland, Northumberland.— About noon on the 8th of November, 1948, several of the fishing boats returned to harbour. The north- westerly breeze was light, but there was a very heavy swell at the harbour entrance, and they had...
Thistle
On the llth November, while the wind was blowing a whole gale from the S.S.W., the ketch Thistle^ of Plymouth, was observed on the Brake Sand. The Lifeboat pnt off at about 2.30 P.M., and proceeded to the vessel through very heavy broken...
Robin Hood
WINTERTON.—The Wold Light-vessel fired rockets and guns on the morning of the 7th February, in response to which the Life-boat Margaret put off at 4,25, went to the Middle Hasborough Sand, and searched the sand, but could not findany vessel....
Zeehond (2)
Plymouth, Torbay, and Salcombe, Devon.
—On the evening of the 9th January, with a strong south-westerly gale blowing, and a very heavy sea, information was received through the coastguard that signals of distress had been...
An Aeroplane (80)
OCTOBER 30TH. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
At 6.49 A.M. the coastguard reported that an aeroplane had crashed into the sea about two miles east of Sheringham, and a few minutes later the coastguard rang up again to say that he...
Akabahra
FEBRUARY 22ND . - DUNBAR, EAST LOTHIAN. At 2.5 P.M. information was received from the coastguard that a vessel was on fire several miles to the east of Dunbar.
She had been seen by the Observer Corps post on the coast. A...