LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Captain Owen Jones, of Moelfre, Anglesey
IN the early morning of 27th July a number of fishing boats went out from Moelfre, Anglesey. A gale sprang up and all the boats returned but one.
It was a sailing boat with only one man on board, Captain Owen Jones. The...
Category: Obituaries
Scarpe
Flamborough, Yorkshire.—At 6.25 on the evening of the 28th of March, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that an ex- it.A.F. motor launch appeared to be in need of help one and a half miles east-north-east of Flamborough Head but had shown no...
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Category: Advertisement
Race to the pole
Race to the Pole
by James Cracknell
and Ben Fogle
Review by Charlie Cash
After conquering the perils of the Atlantic Ocean in an open boat, most people would wallow in the...
Category: Articles
Alsatia
Eastbourne, Sussex. At 6.17 on the evening of the 31st of August, 1959, the coastguard told the coxswain that the sailing dinghy Alsatia had capsized one mile south of the pier and that her crew of three were in the water. The life-boat...
Silver Line
Flamborough, Yorkshire.—-At three o'clock on the afternoon of the 20th of December, 1954, the coxswain reported that the local fishing coble Silver Line was still at sea in worsening weather.
At 3.10 the life-boat...
The Motor Fishing Vessels Gratitude, Chance, Katherine and Faithful
Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 2.35 p.m.
on 13th January, 1965, the assistant motor mechanic informed the honorary secretary that four motor fishing vessels were still at sea in very bad weather conditions. The life-boat Tillie...
Naom Cait
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At noon on the 24th of April, 1951, the Sea Fisheries Agent at Cahirciveen telephoned that the motor trawler Naom Cait, of Dublin, was missing with a crew of seven. At 12.15, the life-boat A.E.D.
left...
Careema
Lowestoft, Suffolk. At midnight on the 31st July, 1961, the coastguard in- formed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser was flashing distress signals about a mile east-south-east of Lowes- toft harbour. There was a light south-...
Success (1)
At 9.20 p.m. on loth May, 1967, a red flare was reported to have been seen half a mile off Pakefield rifle range. The lifeboat Frederick Edward Crick slipped her moorings at 9.30 in a fresh easterly wind and a choppy sea. The tide was...