LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sand Runner (1)
LISTING VESSEL Selsey, and Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 2.20 a.m. on 5th December, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary at Selsey that Niton radio station had received a distress call from the motor vessel Sand Runner, of Goole....
Grace Darling
Inavery light wind on the 19th March a small coble—the Grace Darling, of Burnmouth —was seen off Eyemouth. She had been warned not to attempt to enter Burnmouth Harbour on account of the sea, and was obliged, therefoi'e, to take the...
John Pitcairn
RUNSWICK. — The Life-boat Cape of Good Hope was launched at 2 30 A.M. on the 29th January, while a < moderate gale was blowing from N.N.W., accompanied by a rough sea, in response to signals of distress shown by the brig John Pitcairn, of...
Culzean Castle and Aratus
At about 10.45 A.M. on the 3rd August two vessels came into collision in the Cockle Gat during a strong S.W. breeze and a moderate sea. They both hoisted signals of distress, in response to which the Life-boat Qodsend was launched and sailed...
Yacht Leigh Hall
Walmer, Kent.—At 5.18 A.M. on the 18th January, 1939, a message was received from the Deal coastguard that flares had been seen about six miles south-east from Ramsgate. A strong S.W. breeze was blowing, with a heavy sea and squalls of rain....
Pamir (2)
Margate, Kent, Walton and Frinton, Essex, and Ramsgate, Kent.—At 1.33 in the morning of the 18th of January, 1952, the Margate coastguard telephon- ed the Margate life-boat station that the North Foreland Radio Station had reported a message...
Isabella
LYTHAM, LANCASHIEE.—The Life-boat Charles Biggs, was launched at 7.15 A.M.
on the 31st of May, to the assistance of the schooner Isabella, of Beaumaris, bound from Plymouth for Preston with a cargo of china clay, which had...
Rostellecois
Padstow, Cornwall.—Early in the morning of the 19th January, 1938, the coastguard reported a boat near Stepper Point in a dangerous position. A moderate westerly breeze was blowing, with a heavy swell. Flares of distress were seen later and...
A Dinghy (4)
Hartlepool, Co. Durham. At 5.50 on the evening of the 15th of August, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat had capsized in Hartlepool Bay near the shore and that two people were clinging to her.
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Swimming
PERHAPS the widely-spread belief amongst our sailors in the existence of a sweet little cherub, whose peculiar mission it is to sit up aloft, and keep watch for the life of poor Jack, is one of the reasons why poor Jack takes such very...
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