LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
the W. H. M., of Yarmouth, and the Hettie
WINTERTON.—Flares having been reported by the Coast Guard, at about 11 P.M. on the 4th of April, the No. 2 Life-boat, the Husband, was launched, proceeded in the direction in which the signals had been seen, and found there had been a...
Magna, of Helsingborg
OCTOBER 19TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 5.25 in the morning the Deal coastguard telephoned that the East Goodwin Lightvessel had reported a vessel ashore on the Sands. An easterly wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat Charles...
A Steam Trawler
MARCH 29TH. - BALLYCOTTON, CO. CORK. At 10.30 in the morning the honorary secretary was on watch on the cliffs above Ballycotton when he saw a steam trawler about eight and a half miles south of Ballycotton. She was blowing off steam, as if...
A Rowing Boat (1)
COCKLE-GATHERERS IN PERIL Beaumaris, Anglesey.—Early in the morning of the 22nd of September, 1947, two men put out in a rowing boat to gather cockles, but a strong south- west wind blew up and at one o'clock in the afternoon the men...
Sunglow
EXHAUSTED HOLIDAY-MAKERS FOUND IN BOAT Falmouth, Cornwall. At 7.14 on the evening of the 23rd May, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat had fired a red flare a mile and a half off...
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MAN TAKEN FROM RHUM IN GALE Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 5.50 on the evening of Monday, the 16th September, 1963, the Factor of the island of Rhum telephoned the honorary secretary asking for the help of the life-boat as a man had a...
A French Trawler
Newhaven, Sussex. At 8.10 on the evening of the 9th of August, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a French trawler was aground at the entrance to the harbour. Ten min- utes later the trawler asked for help. The...
Ain Mara
Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 7 a.m.
on i8th August, 1965, a yacht was reported ashore at Sgeir Cailleach. At 7.15 the lifeboat E. M. M. Gordon Cubbin was launched with the second coxswain in charge, in a south-westerly gale...
Modestine
Reserve life-boat O.N. 776 on passage - At 10.30 p.m. on 12th September, 1969, while the life-boat was moored overnight at Oban, the harbour jnaster reported that red flares had been sighted in the vicinity of Lismore island. At 10.40 the...
Granat
Valentia, Co. Kerry - At 9.55 p.m. on 23rd October, 1969, Valentia radio station informed the honorary secretary that the trawler Ard Finbar had reported seeing red flares about twomiles north west of Bray head. The life-boat Rowland Watts...