LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Boats and a Smack
On the llth November, while a moderate breeze was blowing from the E., some Scotch fishing-boats and a smack were seen to run aground on the Barber Sand, on which a heavy sea was breaking. The Life-boat Beauchamp put off at 6 P.M., sailed to...
Hester
On. the 1st January the Life-boat Sisters' Memorial succeeded in saving the crew of the flat Hester, of Conway, bound from that place to Bun- corn. The Life-boat was afloat on this service from half-past two in the afternoon to nine...
B.S. Colling
Owing to bad weather, the only fishing boat to put to sea on the morning of the 13th January was the B.S. Colling, with a crew of three. She did not return when expected, and, as the sea was getting worse, anxiety was felt for her safety.<...
Lindfar and Catherine
North Sunderland, Northumberland.— At 11.30 A.M. on the 3rd February the fishing boats Lindfar and Catherine, of Eyemouth, were seen making for the harbour. A moderate to whole northerly gale was blowing, with a rough sea,and heavy snow...
Boy's Own and Pioneer
Flamborough, Yorkshire.—The No. 1 motor life-boat Elizabeth and Albina Whitley was launched at 1.30 P.M. on the 19th October, as the weather was very bad and two cobles were at sea.
A north gale was blowing, with a heavy...
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Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 2.55 in the afternoon of the 15th of February, 1950, the Medical Officer of Health telephoned asking if the life-boat could fetch from Fair Isle a woman suffering from appendicitis. As no other suit- able boat...
Endeavour,Progress, Easter Morn,Prosperity,Venus, et al
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 18th February, 1939, a fresh N.W. wind was blowing, with a very rough sea. It was breaking heavily from the Pier Ends to the Rock Buoy, and anxiety was felt for the safety of nine of the local motor...
The Motor Fishing Boats Venture and Undaunted
MORE FISHING BOATS IN PERIL Thurso, Caithness-shire.—Just before midnight on the night of the 25th of April, 1947, anxiety was felt for the safety of the local motor fishing boats Venture and Undaunted which had not returned. A strong...
A Dinghy
Ramsgate, Kent. — At 8.15 in the evening of the 1st of October, 1948, cries for help could be heard off the pier, and at 8.27 the motor life-boat Mary Scott, on temporary duty at the station, was launched in a light south- westerly breeze...
Alpha
Girvan, Ayrshire. — At 4.40 in the afternoon of the 20th of March, 1949, the Alpha, of Stranraer, a ketch with an auxiliary engine, was seen to be at anchor three miles south of the har- bour. It looked as if her engines had broken down. A...