LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dreamer II
Selsey, Sussex.—At 4.45 on the night of the 27th of July, 1957, the coast- guard telephoned that the yacht Dreamer II, of Bosham, needed help six and a half miles south of Selsey.
At 11.58 the life-boat Canadian Pacific was...
The S.S. Milwaukee
PORT ERROL., ABERDEENSHIRE.—The Life-boat Frances Camilla Howard was launched at 11 o'clock on the night of the 16th September and proceeded to the s.s. Milwaukee, of Liverpool, which had shown signals of distress, having stranded on...
A Yacht
Buzz off! In an unusual rescue in south Wales on 23 July 2004, Burry Port lifeboat assisted a man whose yacht had been invaded by a swarm of bees. The man took refuge in the cabin and radioed for help and the Burry Port D class lifeboat came...
H.M. Trawler Epine and the S.S. Waterloo
JULY 10TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON. NORFOLK. At about 4.15 P.M. the naval authorities asked the life-boat to go out to a trawler which was coming into the roadstead with survivors, some injured, from a vessel which had been sunk by...
The Motor Fishing Vessels Ros Beara and Saint Martin
ON SERVICE FOR THIRTEEN HOURS At 5.18 a.m. on the 26th June, 1965, the honorary secretary was told by the coastguard that the motor fishing vessel Ros Beara was asking for immediate assistance as something had fouled her propeller and she...
Polly
NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.—On the morning of the 15th July a telephone message was received by the coastguard that a vessel was drifting to the westward with a signal of distress flying, and asking for the assistance of the Newquay...
Midsummer
The smack Midsummer of Douglas was lying in the bay on the evening of the 2nd September, when the wind changed to N.N.W., increased to a moderate gale, and a heavy sea rose. The smack com- menced to drag her anchor, and the Master, who was...
Star of Peace
RAMSGATE.—On the 29th March, during strong gale from the E.N.E., accompanied by a heavy sea, the barge Star of Peace, of London, was observed in a dangerous position riding at anchor in Pegwell Bay, all her sails having been blown away. The...
A Small Rowing Boat
OCTOBER 17TH. - BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE. At eight at night the coastguard reported that a man who had gone out fishing in a small rowing boat at one o’clock had not returned. There was thick fog. A light westerly wind was blowing and the sea...
Oarsman
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 12.36 on the afternoon of the 19th of February, 1959, Lloyd's agent informed the honorary secretary that a seaman aboard the tanker Oarsman of London had fallen thirty feet from the mast on to...