LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Silver Spray
Falmouth, Cornwall.—At 12.15 on the afternoon of the 16th of May, 1955, the coastguard rang up to say that a man in the crab boat Silver Spray was signalling for help off Zone Point near the entrance to the har- bour. At 12.50 the life-boat...
Red Gurnet
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.—At 8.10 on the morning of the 26th of August, 1955, the Strumble Head coastguard rang up to say that the Strumble Head lightkeeper had reported that a yacht was becalmed to the west of Strumble Head. At 8.45 the...
A Motor Boat (1)
Helvick Head, Co. Waterford.—At 7.20 on the evening of 7th of June. 1956, it was reported that two people had gone out in the afternoon in their motor boat to look at their lobster pots and had not returned. The life- boat H. F. Bailey put...
Montbretia
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 20th of November, 1952, the coastguard reported a mes- sage from the motor fishing vessel Montbretia, of Hull, asking for help as her engines had failed whilst on passage from...
A Fishing Skiff
Wicklow. At 10.30 on the morning of the 19th of November, 1959, the second coxswain came to the conclusion that a 16-ft. fishing skiff with an out- board motor, which had put out at six o'clock and had not returned, might be in danger....
A Yacht
Great Yarmouth & Gorleston, Norfolk - At 1.52 a.m. on 4th October, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was in difficulties seven miles from Smiths Knoll and another yacht appeared to be in difficulties 14 to...
Rothsay
CuIIercoats, Northumberland - At 1.33 p.m. on 12th October, 1968, a member of the crew saw a small boat fire a flare one and a half miles north east of the Tynemouth coastguard lookout. The life-boat Sir James Knott was launched at 1.50 in a...
Dirkje
INTERPRETER CAME At 10.45 a.m. on iyth June, 1964, the secretary of the Berwick Infirmary told the honorary secretary that a Dutch trawler had asked if a boat could land the skipper as she could not enter the harbour on the ebb tide. As no...
A Sailing Dinghy (2)
CLUNG TO HULL At 5.47 p.m. on 7th September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the police had reported the capsizing of a sailing dinghy off Seaside Villas, Hove. Her crew of three were dinging to the hull, about half a...
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...