LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 12.22 on the afternoon of the 29th of July, 1956, the Foreland coastguard reported that a yacht was making distress sig- nals off St. Helen's Fort. The life- boat Jesse Lumb, which had just returned from an...

The steam trawler Agatha, of Grimsby, ran ashore on the beach outside Spurn Point at 9.15 P.M. on the 6th January. A moderate easterly gale was blowing with a heavy sea. The Life-boat at once proceeded to the vessel which was found full of...

Newburgh, Aberdeenshire.—At 9.20 On the night of the 1st of March, 1957, a member of the life-boat crew reported that he had seen a distress signal near the mouth of the River Ythan. The Belhelvie coastguard was immediately contacted but...

Dover, Kent.—At 11.48 on the night of the 9th of March, 1954, the Sandgate coastguard telephoned that a woman had scrambled down a cliff near St.

Margaret's Bay. She had gone down to comfort her dog, which had fallen...

LOADED WITH PETROL St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 1.10 p.m. on gth May, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the owners of the motor vessel Austility, of London, laden with petrol, had broken down and was dragging her...

TWO LIFE-BOATS IN SEARCH FOR YACHT Torbay, Devon. On the 27th September, 1962, an exercise with the Torbay life-boat Princess Alexandra of Kent had been arranged for seven o'clock in the evening, but at 6.41 the coastguard informed the...

During the local regatta which was held on the the 29th July, the S.W. wind freshened to a moderate gale and the sea became rough and heavy. Several of the com- peting boats found the seas too much and had to retire. The yacht Savourna, when...

On the night of the 25th October, at 9 P.M., the brig Cuba, of Whitby, was driven ashore in a heavy gale off Winterton.

The life-boat was got ready soon after mid- night, but the night being dark, and the sea very heavy,...