LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Tesla
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. — At 5.50 in the morning, on the 27th of August, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore one mile north of Rattray Head. At 6.10 the life-boat Julia Park Barry, of Glasgoiv, was launched. The...
Kayak
Newhaven, Sussex. — At 7.35 on the night of the 23rd of March, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a small ship appeared to be in difficulties off the harbour and was burning a red light.
At 7.50 the life-boat Cecil and...
Delce
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 2.26 in the afternoon of the 4th of February, 1952, the life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was launched on exercise in a rough sea with a moderate north-north-west breeze blowing. At three o'clock she was four miles...
Gerco
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 11.16 P.M. on the 24th January, 1939, the coastguard reported a vessel making signals on her siren. The night was misty with a light S.S.E. wind and a moderate swell. Later the coastguard reported that a vessel...
A Landing Craft
OUT OF PETROL Padstow, Cornwall.—At 9.55 in the evening of the 29th of March, 1947, the Trevose Head coastguard reported that a vessel was firing rockets two miles to the north-east of him. A light north-westerly breeze was blowing and the...
Yvette
FRENCH FISHERMEN SHELTERED St. Mary's, Scffly Islands.—At about 8.0 in the evening of the 8th of April, 1947, the coastguard reported that a French fishing vessel, with a crew of twenty, was ashore on Queens Ledge Rocks. A moderate...
Foxhound
On the night of the 18th October the honorary secretary received word from West Angle and St. Ann's Head that rockets were being fired in Mill Bay. A moderate S.S.E. gale was blowing, with a rough sea, and visibility was...
Actuosity
— On the night of the 21st October the Royal Naval Shore Signal Station at Nells Point telephoned that a vessel was ashore at Colhugh Point, and the motor life-boat Prince David was launched at 10.50 p.m. A moderate to strong S.S.W. breeze...
Nelly Fleming
On the afternoon of the 8th January, the Avonmouth haven master telephoned that a ship had gone aground on the Welsh Hook, seven cables N.W. by W.
of the Welsh Hook Buoy, and was lying in a dangerous position. A fresh...
A Dinghy (1)
LIFE-BOAT STANDS BY AS SPEEDBOAT TOWS DINGHY Skegness, Lincolnshire. At 9.10 on the morning of the 22nd April, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that three men in a 14-foot dinghy were signalling for help half a mile east...