LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Cobles (1)
The coxswain received a telephone message about 10 A.M. on the llth January, stating that three fishing cobles were in danger off Alnmouth and unable to make any headway against the prevail- ing W.S.W. gale and ebb tide. The Life-boat...
A Rowing Boat
MEN AND CHILDREN ON THE ROCKS Port Erin, Isle of Man.—At 10.35 on the night of the 29th of August, 1947, it was reported that a rowing boat, which had left at 6.30 with two men and two children on board, had not returned, and later a message...
Pride
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston. — At 7.56 on the morning of the 17th of June, 1948, the Gorleston coastguard tele- phoned that three men in a shrimp boat, two miles to the south-south-west, were showing a flag on a pole and appar- ently...
Belvoir Castle
Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—At 4.30 in the morning of the 7th of August, 1948, the South Gare coastguard telephoned that a red flare could be seen to the north-west of North Gare breakwater and at 5.15 the motor life-boat J....
Pilot Me II
Whitby, Yorkshire.—In the early morning of the 8th of April, 1949, the local motor fishing boat Pilot Me II left for the fishing grounds, was over- taken by bad weather and decided to return to Whitby. At half past six the life-boat coxswain...
None (1)
Galway Bay. — At ten o'clock in the morning of the 12th of July, 1949, the local doctor asked for the help of the life-boat to take an urgent surgical case to Costello, Connemara, and the life-boat K.E.C.F. was launched at eleven...
Margie
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 6.20 in the evening of the 7th of August, 1949, the landing stage reported a boat was making distress signals in the Rock Channel, and at 6.41 the No. 1 life-boat William and Kate Johnston left her moorings. A...
lona
Torbay, Devon.—At 8.50 P.M. On the 12th August the coastguard reported that a motor boat with five persons on board was ashore between Blackpool sands and Dartmouth. A gentle S.E.
breeze was blowing, with a smooth sea. The...
Coronia
Soathend.on - Sea, Essex.—At 2.20 P.M. on the 10th November, 1937, a message was received that a boat abouta mile west of the Nore Light was flying a distress signal. A very squally N. wind was blowing, with a very rough sea. The motor...
A Trawler
Baltimore, Co. Cork.—15th January, 1938. A steam trawler was in difficulties.
The distressed trawler had sent out signals by wireless. These had been picked up on shore, but communications with Baltimore were out of order....