LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dusty Miller
Skegness, Lincolnshire.—At 1.53 P.M.
on the 23rd November, 1938, the coastguard reported that a vessel was showing signals of distress about two and a half miles E.S.E. of Skegness Pier. A whole S.W. gale was blowing, with...
Pilot Me
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At about 2 P.M.
on the 23rd January, 1939, a gale was blowing from the N.N.W. with a heavy sea. The motor fishing boat Pilot Me was at sea and as she did not return the No. 1 motor life-boat Mary Ann...
An Aircraft
Broughty'[Ferry, Angus.—7th September, 193'J. Shortly after 10 F.M.information was received that an aircraft had dived into the sea three miles N.E. of the North Carr Lightvessel.
The life-boat found nothing, spoke...
None (5)
BOY TRAPPED ON A CLIFF Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.—At 9.5 in the evening of February 22nd, 1947, the police telephoned" that a boy was stranded on the cliff-face north of Aberystwyth and that the National Fire Service had failed to find...
Moss Bay (1)
Barrow, Lancashire; and Workington, Cumberland.—At three o'clock on the afternoon of the 18th of April, 1953, the YValney Island coastguard rang up the Barrow life-boat station to say that the steam hopper Moss Bay, of Workington, bound...
Margaret
Filey, Yorkshire.—At 8.50 on the morning of the 15th of July, 1953, the coastguard rang up to pass on a radio message from a steamer. This said that the fishing coble Margaret and James, of Scarborough, was six miles north-north-east of...
Pwllheli Naming Ceremony
THE new Pwllheli life-boat was named Katherine and Virgoe Buckland at Pwllheli on the 20th of August.
Captain R. E. Thomas, chairman of the Pwllheli branch, was in the chair.
Commander L. F. L. Hill, R.N.R...
Category: Inaugurations
Betty and Shirley Williamson
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—During the afternoon of the 6th of January, 1954.
two local fishing boats were still at sea in worsening weather, and at four o'clock the life-boat E.C.J.K. was launched. There was a heavy sea,...
Primrose
Dunbar, East Lothian.—At 1.10 on the afternoon of the 3rd of March, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that the fishing boat Primrose, which had a crew of four, was two hours overdue.
At 1.20 the life-boat George and Sarah...
Three Trawlers
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 11.30 on the morning of the 2nd of May, 1954, the coastguard rang up to say that a French trawler in tow of another trawler appeared to be in difficulties half a mile south-east of the coast- guard station. At 11.40 the...