LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Scarcity
Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—At 7.46 in the morning of the 29th of March, 1952, the coastguard telephoned a wireless message from the motor vessel Scarcity, of London, that her rudder was not working. She was ten miles north- east-by-east of...
Loddon
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 3.51 in the afternoon, on the 9th of May, 1950, the coastguard reported a vessel off the harbour blowing for help. At four o'clock the life-boat Michael Stephens put out in a thick fog. The sea was heavy with a...
Arthur Wyatt
YARMOUTH, NORFOLK.—The Life-boat John Bnrch was launched in the afternoon of the 9th March to the assistance of the schooner Arthur Wyatt, of Beaumaris,Beaumaris, which was seen to run aground on the Scroby Sand while bound from Hull to...
Crean
Falmouth, Cornwall.—At 7.20 on the morning of the 29th of July, 1956, the St. Anthony coastguard rang up to say that a woman had reported that a black-painted yacht was dragging her anchor off Helford River. The life- boat Crawford and...
Bolivar (1)
NORWEGIAN STEAMER BREAKS IN TWO Dun Laoghaire, and Howth, Co. Dublin.
—On the 4th of March, 1947, the Norwegian motor vessel, Bolivar, of Oslo, ran aground on the northern end of the Kish Bank, seven and a half miles from...
Oasis, of Liverpool
On January 12th, 1868, a large iron ship, the Oasis, of Liverpool, struck on the rocks west of the Metal Mail, Newtown Head, in a south-easterly gale.
The Cambridge University life-boat, Tom Egan, was launched, and reached...
Mountain Hare
WEXFORD.—On the 22nd January, at 9.30 P.M., whilst blowing hard from the S.W., cries for assistance were heard from a vessel in distress on the north end of the Dogger Bank; information of which being conveyed to the Life-boat Station at...
Guiding Star and Sea Witch
Filey, Yorkshire. At 10 a.m. on 3rd September, 1965, the honorary secretary, concerned for the safety of two fishing cobles which were at sea in deteriorating weather conditions, consulted with the coastguard. It was decided to launch the...
Five Saved from Cabin Cruiser
FOR a rescue from a cabin cruiser, which led to the saving of five lives, including that of an elderly lady who was trapped in a cabin, Mr. Robert Jefford, helmsman, and Mr. Lionel Fisher, crewman, both of Lyme Regis, have been accorded the...
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Dark Antagonist
Beaumarls, Anglesey.—At 9.30 on the morning of the 24th of February, 1955, the marine superintendent of a firm of boat builders reported that the motor torpedo boat Dark Antagonist, under the firm's control, was moored in Friar's Bay...