LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Susan
LIFE-BOAT CHECKS SAFETY OF YACHT Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At ten to nine on the evening of Tuesday the 20th August, 1963, the coxswain received a telephone message from the honorary secretary that the Rhyl coastguard had a small yacht...
Richmond Castle
Broughty Ferry, Angus.—At 7.15 P.M.
on the 30th January, 1938, the harbourmaster reported that a vessel between Monifieth and Lady Buoy, in the mouth of the Tay, was firing distress signals.
A S.W. breeze...
Joan and Mary, Dorothy Rose, and Matthew and Edward
NOVEMBER 4TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.
The local fishing cobles Joan and Mary, Dorothy Rose, and Matthew and Edward had gone out in bad weather, and by 11.45 A.M.
it had got so much worse, with a fresh N.E....
Alex and Gratitude
MARCH 2ND. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE.
When the small fishing boats Alex and Gratitude were seen making for home, a fresh east-north-east wind was blowing and heavy seas were breaking across the harbour entrance, so the motor...
Cariad
TOW FOR YACHT WITH TWO ABOARD Ilfracombe, Devon. At 11.50 on the night of the 20th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat was flashing sos off Highveer Point, Lynmouth. There was a moderate breeze...
Miranda
At 9 A.M. on the 27th February, the coastguard reported that a sailing trawler in Yarmouth roads had had her sails carried away, and was flying a distress signal. A fresh S.S.E. gale was blowing, and the sea was very rough on the bar and in...
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TWO SWIMMERS TAKEN OFF ROCK Sennen Cove, Cornwall. At 4.50 on the afternoon of the 28th July, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two young men were in difficulties after swimming from Lands End to a rock known as the...
Thuella
SMOKE SIGNALS SAVE YACHT Salcombe, South Devon. At 6.5 p.m.
on Saturday the 17th of August, 1963, the Prawle Point coastguard reported to the honorary secretary that smoke signals had been seen south of Bolt Head. At 6.10...
Confid
Humber, Yorkshire.—Shortly before midnight on the 19th March, 1938, the motor vessel Confid, of Rotterdam, bound laden from Plymouth for Middlesbrough, ran aground on the Inner Binks. A moderate south-westerly breeze was blowing, with a...
Roaming
Arklow, Co. Wicklow— On the 28th November, 1938, the trawler Roaming, of Arklow, with a crew of three, lost her rudder while fishing in Courtown Bay. She made for Arklow with the flood tide, using trawl boards for steering, and sending up...