LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Finetta
Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 8.55 on the evening of the 26th of April, 1956, the coastguard telephoned to say that the S.S. Emsworth had wirelessed for the help of the life-boat. She had picked up a man from the yacht Finetta, of Southampton. The...
Endeavour
Dunbar, East Lothian.-—At 1.35 on the afternoon of the 19th of October, 1949, the coastguard telephoned a message from the steam trawler Princess Mary, received through Stonehaven Radio, that she had a Dunbar fishing boat in tow....
The S.S. Turquoise
Workington, Cumberland.—At 8.10 on the night of the 5th of January, 1950, the coastguard reported the s.s. Tur- quoise, of Glasgow aground one mile north of Maryport. At 8.50 the life- boat The Brothers was launched. She stood by the steamer...
The S.S. Afterglow
Humber, Yorkshire.—At 9.10 on the morning of the 8th of August, 1951, the Spurn Point coastguard sent a message that the S.S. Afterglow, of London, had asked the life-boat to land a man with an injured eye. The Afterglow was due off the...
Olden Times
Eyemouth, Berwickshire. — At 4.15 in the afternoon of the 27th of Decem- ber, 1951, the fishing vessel Dougals, which was in the harbour, reported by wireless that she had picked up a message from the steam trawler Olden Times, of North...
Dorothy (1)
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 9.50 on the night of the 30th of August, 1956, a message was received that the local fishing boat Dorothy was calling for help on her wireless. At 10.15 the no. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Heptcorth was laun- ched in a slight...
Remembrance
Whitby, Yorkshire. At 9.5 on the morning of the 18th of May, 1959, the coxswain, who had just returned from fishing in his motor boat, learnt that the local coble Remembrance was still at sea. As the sea on the bar might be dangerous for...
None (5)
Galway Bay. At five o'clock on the afternoon of the 30th of July, 1959, a request was received from the local doctor for the use of the life-boat to convey a child, who urgently needed hospital treatment, from Inishmaan Island to the...
Fisher Lass
Stronsay, Orkneys. At 5.36 on the evening of the 2nd of April, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorarysecretary that the fishing vessel Fisher Lass of Sanday was overdue on passage from Kirkwall to Sanday. At 6.20 the life...
Impudence
Dover, Kent. At 11.35 on the morn- ing of the 12th of April, 1960, the lifeboat Southern Africa left her moorings at high water on a routine exercise with the district inspector on board. There was a fresh south-westerly wind and a rough...