LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Tender Sybella (M.F.V. 1564)
Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 7.55 on the morning of the 8th of July, 1956, the coastguard telephoned that the Ports- mouth naval authorities had reported that the fleet tender Sybella (M.F.V.
1564) had gone aground east of Beachy...
Venus and Herrington
RAMSGATE.—The Bradford Life-boat, and the harbour steam-tug Vulcan, went out at 10 P.M. on the 26th January in response to signals of distress, during a strong S.W. gale, passed through the Cudd Channel and spoke the sloop Venus, of Guernsey...
An Aeroplane (59)
JULY 1ST. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE, AND FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but the Buckie life-boat reached the position to find that an R.A.F. rescue launch had picked up the body of...
and Check That She Returns to An Even Keel' Oakley 37' Lifeboat
. , . and check that she returns to an even keel.' Oakley 37' lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
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A Dinghy (1)
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 4.10 on the afternoon of the 2nd July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a dinghy with three men on board was in difficulties one mile off Jaywick. A gentle north-westerly wind was blowing...
Vidonia
YOUGHAL, Co. CORK.—The William Beckett of Leeds Life-boat was launched at noon on the 15th February to the aid of the barquentine Vidonia, of Bridport, bound from Pernambuco with a cargo of sugar, which had stranded on the bar during a fresh...
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Scotia
In answer to signals fired from the North Float Lightship, the No. 2 Life-boat was launched at 11.45 on the 16th March, and proceeded to the Hasborough Sands, where she found the barque Scotia, of Sunderland, bound from Newcastle to Villa...
A Motor Boat and Mary
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. — On the afternoon of the 19th August the signalman reported that two boats were in distress between the pier and-Chapman light, off Canvey Island. A strong S.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea and heavy rain....
Fishing Boats (2)
At 1 P.M. on the 3rd January the pulling and sailing life-boat Lizzie Porter was launched, as the breaking seas made the harbour entrance risky for the fishing boats. The wind was freshening from the N. to N.E. Eleven local boats were out,...