LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Empire Scout (1)
JANUARY 8TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM, AND TEESMOUTH, YORKSHIRE.
At 10.40 in the morning the port war signal station at Teesmouth reported two vessels in distress off the port. The Teesmouth lifeboat crew were assembled and...
A Motor Launch
Taking water A LIGHT, CONFIRMED to be a signal for help from a vessel behind the rocks at Irelands Eye, three quarters of a mile north east of Howth lifeboat station, was seen by the harbour master at 2125 on Tuesday, July...
Sunbeam
On returning to port at about 9 P.M. on the 4th January a drifter reported that another drifter, Sunbeam, belonging to Torquay, but fishing from Brixham, had asked her to stand by, as her engine had failed.
The Sunbeam was...
Musketier
Padstow, Cornwall. At 11.45 on the night of the 15th of May, 1958, the Trevose Head coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Musketier of Groningen was in difficulty five miles north of Trevose Head, as her cargo of...
A Yacht (1)
EMPTY YACHT FOUND AFTER COMBINED SEARCH Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At 2.10 on the afternoon of the 14th June, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a message had been received from the no. 1 pilot vessel Sir Thomas...
A 23' Westerly Pageant Yacht
Electric storm INFORMATION THAT MOTOR YACHT Zaire was standing by a yacht in distress three miles south west of Anvil Point came from HM Coastguard to Swanage lifeboat station deputy launching authority at 1915 on Friday, September 24,...
Nell and Jess
At 6.25 A.M. on the 29th December the watchman re- ported that the Lightship off Newhaven was firing distress signals; the Motor Life-boat Sir FitzRoy Clayton was there- fore dispatched. It was blowing a strong N.N.W. gale at the time, and...
Kathleen,
SCARBOROUGH.—Two boatmen who were looking out from the Castle Yard, on the morning of the 21st July, observed avessel stranded about three miles N. The weather was thick, no wind was blowing and the sea was moderately rough. The Life-boat...
Cramarye
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 5.51 on the evening of the 3rd August, 1961, the mechanic informed the coastguard that a yacht had dragged her anchors and drifted down on to the pier. The yacht had five men on board. At 6.30 the life-boat Sir...
A Yacht and a Dinghy
YACHT'S CREW TAKE TO DINGHY New Brighton, Cheshire. At 5.25 on the afternoon of the 9th September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had foundered off Harrison drive and that her crew had taken to a...