LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The Norwegian steamer Severini, of Langesund, stranded on the north part of the Goodwin Sands on the 26th November whilst bound from Sunderland to Dieppe with a cargo of coal. A N.E. gale prevailed at the time, with a very heavy sea, and the...

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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...

Skegness, Lincolnshire.—At 11.54 on the night of the 26th of July, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that the Lyn- well lightvessel had reported that a cabin cruiser had burnt a red flare a hundred yards from the lightvessel.

APRIL 15TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. Just after midnight on the 14th April the coastguard reported a vessel to the N.E. by E. of Britannia Pier, which was not showing distress signals but which appeared to be ashore on Scroby...

RAMSGATE.—On the 26th January, at 7.45 A.M., during a moderate wind from the N., a barque was observed ashore on the North Sand Head, Goodwin Sands.

The harbour steam-tug Vulcan and Lifeboat Bradford were immediately...

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...

Galway Bay. At 11.45 on the morn- ing of the 1st of May, 1958, the local doctor asked if the life-boat would take a patient in urgent need of hospital treatment to the mainland. After embarking the sick woman, the life- boat Mabel Marion...