LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Moelfre, Anglesey. At seven o'clock on the evening of the 18th of July, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a sailing boat was drifting towards Dulas west of Moelfre.

A watch was kept on the sailing...

Aith, Shetlands.—14th January. During the evening the coastguard at Lerwick telephoned that two rockets had been seen north of the Vee Skerries.

A moderate N.W. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea and showers of snow....

At 1.20 A.M. on the 23rd April the Coast- guard reported that a vessel was ashore in Woodston Bay, four miles south of Johnshaven. The crew of the Life-boat Sarah Ann Holden were quickly assem- bled, and the boat left for the wreck, which...

THIRTEEN MEN TAKEN OFF BELGIAN TRAWLER Stronsay, Orkneys. At 10.10 on the morning of the 22nd December, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a Belgian trawler was ashore on rocks between Auskerry and Stronsay. The...

PETERHEA.D. — The steam trawler Boslin, of Aberdeen, returning home with several boxes of fish, stranded at Scotston Head in a moderate W.N.W.

breeze, a heavy sea and thick weather, about midnight on the 13th...

Bembridge, Isle of Wight. — In the early morning of the 12th July a message was received that two men in a boat, north-east of Ryde pier, were shouting for help and flashing a light.

A fresh west breeze was blowing, with a...

Cromer, Norfolk.—At 4.20 on the afternoon of the 26th of October, 1957, the coastguard reported that the skipper of the trawler John Willment had found one of his crew in a state of collapse with no apparent heart-beat or pulse.

FEBRUARY 27TH. - PETERHEAD , ABERDEENSHIRE. At 7.30 A.M. a message was received from the Naval Base,through the coastguard, that H.M.T. Monimia was ashore in South Bay, Peterhead. A S. by E. gale was blowing, with a very heavy...