LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Corallo and Nopal Branco
St. Mary's, Scilly Islands, and The Lizard, Cornwall.—At eight o'clock on the morning of the 25th of March, 1957, it was reported that the motor vessels Corallo, of Trieste, and Nopal Branco, of Oslo, had been in collision and that...
The Destroyer Scharnhorst
St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 7.5 on the evening of the 24th of January, 1961, the St. Peter Port signal station informed the honorary secretary that a message had been received from the island of Brechon that a vessel to the north-west of...
Providence and the Molla II
Newhaven, Sussex. — At 7.5 On the evening of the 28th of August, 1950, the coastguard reported that a vessel, with another in tow, had broken down off Beachy Head lighthouse. Later reports said that the vessels were drifting. At 8.8 the life...
The S.S. Clora
During a thick fog in the early morning of the 22nd June, the s.s. Clara, of London, bound from Malta to Rotterdam with a cargo of grain, collided with another vessel in the vicinity of the Royal Sovereign Light - vessel. She was seriously...
None (1)
Galway Bay, Co. Galway.—At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 21st of February, 1957, the local doctor asked if the life-boat could be launched to take a patient urgently needing hospital treatment to the mainland. At 12.45 the life-boat Mabel...
None (1)
Valentia, Co. Kerry - At 12.10 p.m.
on 20th July, 1969, Valentia radio told the honorary secretary that the tanker Point Law had reported that a number of people were waving flags and flashing lights on the Great Blasket...
An Aeroplane (42)
MARCH 30TH. - HOYLAKE, AND NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards : Hoylake, £9 7s. ; New Brighton, £19 1s..
An Aeroplane (94)
JUNE 20TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but later this was found to be incorrect. - Rewards, £6 6s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (9)
JANUARY 10TH. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
The life-boat was called out for an aeroplane, but it had crashed on land- Rewards, £5 13s..
An R.A.F. Machine
FEBRUARY 9TH. - AMBLE, NORTHUMBERLAND.
An R.A.F. machine had come down in the sea, but a steamer picked up one man from her. - Rewards, £6 13s..