LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dinorah
At 7.45 on the morning of llth February, with a strong wind and a very heavy sea, the Donna Nook Life-boat was called out to the help of the steam trawler Dinorah, which was in distress at Haile Flat. The Boat was successfully launched at...
A Ship’s Boat
JANUARY 3RD. - WALMER, KENT. At 5.49 in the evening the Deal coastguard reported red flares east-by-north about four miles distant. A south-west gale was blowing, with a rough sea, and squalls of rain and sleet. The motor life-boat Charles...
The S.S. Wandle
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 7.50 on the evening of the 10th of September, 1953, the police reported that the S.S.
Wandle, of London, had wirelessed that she had an injured man on board and needed a doctor. About two...
The S.S. Cornwood
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.— At 2.50 in the afternoon of the 5th of May, 1949, the police informed the life-boat coxswain that the S.S. Corn- wood, of Hartlepool, outside the harbour, had a sick man aboard in urgent need of help,...
A Fishing Boat
Arklow, Co. Wicklow - At 7.10 p.m.
on 4th December, 1967, the mechanic informed the honorary secretary that a small open fishing boat from Arklow was overdue. The life-boat Inbhear Mor slipped her moorings at 7.25 in a...
A Small Boat
Walmer, Kent.—On the afternoon of the 9th March the Deal coastguard reported that a small boat with one occupant was in difficulty N.N.W. of the South Goodwin lightship. A light S.S.W. breeze was blowing, with a smooth to moderate sea. The...
The S.S. lano
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 12.30 early on the morning of the 4th of November, 1957, the Foreland coast- guard telephoned that a steamer anchored in Sandown Bay appeared to be dragging. The life-boat crew were alerted, and half an hour...
St. Main
Arklow, Co. Wicklow. At 7.15 on the evening of the 12th of January, 1961, flares were seen north-north-east of Arklow. There was a moderate south- south-westerly wind with a correspond- ing sea, and the tide was ebbing. At 7.30 the life-boat...
Penthesilea (1)
BRAUNTON AND APPLEDORE, DEVON.— On the 11th of January, the ship Penthesilea, of Liverpool, manned by a crew of 30 hands all told, left Newport, Monmouthshire, laden with coal, for the Mauritius. She was towed down the Bristol Channel and...
The H.M.S. Spider & Condor
At 2.30 A.M. on the 22nd November the Coastguard reported that a steamer had grounded on the beach and was making signals of distress. The Coxswain, John Swan, therefore assembled his crew and launched the Life-boat Kentwell. On...