LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Antoinette (1)
PORT ISAAC and PADSTOW, CORNWALL.
—Oa the morning of the 2ad January a barque, which proved to be the Antoinette, of St. John, New Brunswick, bound from Newport for Santos with coals, was observed about eight miles distant...
Letters
Sea Rhine founders I would like to thank you and the crew of the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston lifeboat for your help when you came to the assistance of Sea Rhine off Lowestoft on Wednesday morning, February 11.
It was a...
Category: Correspondence
Anjonika
Broken steering ON SATURDAY April 28, at 0700, HM Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of Port St Mary lifeboat station that a fishing vessel, Anjonika, was disabled 13 miles to the south east. She had been on passage, in ballast, from...
A Small Boat
Selsey, Sussex.—At about 2.35 P.M.
on the 8th September, 1938, the coastguard reported that a small boat with two men on board had been blown to sea from Bracklesham Bay. A moderate N.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate...
J. W. A., of Newquay
During a strong gale from the N.N.E., and in a heavy sea, on the 21st February, two i vessels were at anchor in this roadstead.
One of them was labouring very heavily; ' and at last she exhibited a signal of dis...
Aerial
Runswick, Yorkshire.—At about 1.45 P.M. on the 20th August a small sailing yacht, with one man on board, was seen trying to make Staithes harbour.
A gale was blowing from the south-west.
After several...
Progress
At 8 A.M. on : the morning of the 6th October, the j Coastguard reported that a steamer j was ashore under Telscombe Cliffs in i a dangerous position. It was decided j to launch the Life-boat, and she pro- j ceeded to ...
Alert and Hester
SCARBOROUGH.—On the 12th November, at about 8 A.M., signals of distress were seen to be shown by a schooner at anchor in the Bay during a very strong N. gale.
The Life-boat -Lady Leigh was immediately launched and proceeded...
Undine
Fowey, Cornwall. At 10.15 on the night of the 20th of July, 1958, the Polruan coastguard informed the hon- orary secretary that a yacht had enginetrouble near the entrance to Fowey harbour. Seven minutes later the life- boat Deneys Reitz put...
Delightful
Longhope, Orkneys. At 2.45 on the afternoon of the 10th of November, 1960, a south-easterly gale was blowing and the sea was very rough at the mouth of Aith Hope. The bowman of the life- boat and a member of the crew, who jointly owned the...