LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Prim
Fowey, Cornwall.—During the morn- ing of the 15th of January, 1950, the Polruan coastguard had under observa- tion a fishing boat with a motor boat in tow. At 12.10 in the afternoon he reported that the boats were in distress about two miles...
Tarbek
Workington, Cumberland.—On the 29th of April, 1957, the master of the motor vessel Tarbek, of Hamburg, anchored off the entrance to Working- ton harbour, asked if a doctor could be sent to his vessel to attend six members of his crew. The...
Letters
Whitby pulling lifeboat The photograph of Whitby pulling lifeboat Robert and Ellen Robson published in the autumn issue of THE LIFEBOAT made me wonder whether she was the one that started my interest in the lifeboat service in 1919.
Category: Correspondence
A Sailing Dinghy (1)
Swanage, Dorset-At about 12.45 p.m.
on 22nd May, 1966, the assistant honorary secretary saw a sailing dinghy capsize in the bay. The yacht club rescue boat had difficulty in towing her in, as there was a strong offshore...
A Naval Motor Barge
During a moderate gale with a heavy sea on the 7th July, the Life-boat Sarah Kay was called out to the assistance of a naval motor-barge, which had become un- manageable and stranded about four miles to the east of...
Irian, of Girvan
SEPTEMBER 10TH. - GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE.
At 6.15 in the evening the coastguard reported a sailing yacht approaching from the north. The River Girvan was very full of water, which was pouring through the harbour, and he thought...
Continental and Wansbeck
Cromer, Norfolk. At 5.35 on the morning of the 2nd of March, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the German motor vessel Continental and the British ship Wans- beck had been in collision ten miles north-west-by-north of...
Union
At 7 P.M. on the 29th October the •watchman reported that a vessel was ashore on the Middle Binks. The crew of the Life-boat were assembled and the boat proceeded to the vessel, which proved to be the schooner Union, of Portsmouth. She was...
Jenny Lind
WEXFORD, IRELAND.—At midnight on the 4th January, during a very strong gale from S. by E., a light was observed from a vessel which was apparently ashore in South Bay. The crew of the No. 1 Life-boat Ethel Eveleen were at once summoned, and...
My Heart's Content
YACHT FOUND CLOSE INSHORE UNDER CLIFF Hastings, Sussex. At 8.15 on the morning of the 22nd October, 1962, a yacht was seen close inshore under the cliffs between Hastings and Ecclesbourne Glen. There was a light eastsouth- east breeze and...