LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
"Leave Me to Drown."
AN Irishman who was asked to help the Life-boat Service to form a Branch has replied that he has so many other things to subscribe to that he can do no more, and adds, " the only way the Life-boat can retaliate is when they see me...
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Rosmeur
Appledore, Devon.—On the morning of the 23rd February the coastguard at Westward Ho reported that a vessel was anchored in a dangerous position close to Bar Buoy. A fresh N.W. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat...
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Dover, Kent.—On the 25th October, 1939, the motor life-boat Sir William Hillary was launched at 4.50 P.M. at the request of the chief of staff of H.M.
Naval Base at Dover. A strong E.N.E.
wind was blowing,...
Hawkinge (1)
A LOST PROPELLER Montrose, Angus.—At 6.8 in the evening of the 10th of May, 1947, the Scurdy Ness Lighthouse keeper reported that a motor yacht about a mile off- shore was making distress signals, and the No. 1 motor life-boat The Good...
Norman
Moelfre, Anglesey.—On the afternoon of the 12th of August, 1952, the row- ing boat Norman, of Moelfre, with a party of five visitors aboard, got out of control, was swept round Moelfre Island and carried out to sea. At 3.40 the life-boat G....
Yimkin
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. — On the morning of the 31st of August, 1952, it was reported that a small yacht had capsized between Black Rock Buoy and Hurst Point, and at 11.35 the life-boat S.G.E. left her moorings. The sea was rough, with a...
Victory and Sarah Ann
Holy Island, Northumberland.—About eight o'clock on the morning of the 21st of January, 1954, the life-boat coxswain reported that there was a heavy swell on the harbour bar, and that he felt anxious for the safety of two fishing boats....
St. Joseph (1)
Clogher Head, Co. Louth.—At 2.30 in the afternoon, on the 16th of April, 1950, the harbourmaster reported that the motor yacht St. Joseph, of Dro- gheda, with a crew of two, had broken down about two miles north of Port Oriel and was...
Mary Ann
Ramsgate, Kent. — At 9.5 on the night of the 23rd of May, 1950, the coastguard telephoned a message re- received from Sandwich that a fishing boat was drifting on a lee shore a mile north of Guildford Hotel. Five minutes later,...
Rowena
Appledore, Devon.—At 11.5 in the morning, on the 17th of January, 1951, a motor barge was seen burning flares off Crow Point. At 11.15 the life-boatViolet Armstrong was launched in a very rough sea with a north-westerly- gale blowing. She...