LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Friedi
Portrush, Co. Antrim. At 6.55 on the evening of the 3rd of November, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Friedi, of Delfzijl, had broken down two miles north-north-west of Inishowen Head. At 7.10 the...
A Fishing Coble
At about 3 P.M. on the 9th March the Coastguard reported that a fishing coble was ap- parently disabled and in difficulties about five miles to the east of Whitby.
The wind was blowing strongly from the W.N.W., and as...
Books
Guides for lifeboat enthusiasts For those who are fascinated by the history of an individual station, who want to trace a relief lifeboat through its travels from station to station, or who just want to check their facts and figures, these...
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Wellesley
The fishing smack Wellesley, of Scarborough, while making for the harbour at dead low-water, during a gale of wind from the S.E. and a heavy sea, at 7.30 P.M., on the 19th March, took the ground outside the pier and drove on to the beach.<...
Two Lowerstoft Trawlers
On the 24th February, whilst a strong westerly breeze was blowing, accompanied by a very heavy sea, it was reported that two Lowestoft trawlers were making for the harbour. As the tide was ebb it was considered advisable to have the No. 1...
Amulet
Salcombe, Devon.—At 8.45 in the evening on the 3rd of August, 1950, a report from Dartmouth announced a small yacht in difficulties six miles south-south-west of Prawle Point.
There was an injured man aboard! Fifteen...
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Stromness, Orkneys.—At ten o'clock on the morning of the 19th of January, 1955, a local doctor asked if the life- boat would take a sick woman to Scapa, who needed hospital treatment in Kirkwall, as the road to Kirkwall from Stromness...
Arthur Margetts
On the 10th April the barge Arthur Margetts, of Rochester, bound for Brightlingsea with a cargo of crude oil, got into difficulties. A moderate S.W. gale was blowing, with a rough sea. The barge dropped anchor, but it dragged, and she went...
Wonder
On the night of the 1st of May, the smack Wonder was swamped, off Teignmouth Harbour. The cries of her crew, 2 in number, were heard from the shore, but nothing could be seen from it, the night being very dark. The Teignmouth life-boat was...
An R.A.F. Mosquito Aeroplane
FEBRUARY 14TH. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE.
At 11.9 in the morning the Rhyl coastguard reported that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea about a mile north of the coastguard look-out. The weather was fine, with only a light wind and...