LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Agnes
MONTROSE, N.B.—On the 5th March, during a very heavy gale from the S.S.E., and an exceedingly heavy sea, accompanied by a snowstorm, the schooner Agnes, of Llanelly, bound thence to Newcastle, while running for Montrose Harbour, went ashore...
Alert
PAKBEFIELD, SUFFOLK.—The smack Alert, of Lowestoft, with thirty packages of fish on board, was seen at 8 P.M. on the 7th March with a flare burning on deck, on the Newcome Sands. The wind was blowing strongly from the S.W. and the sea was...
Two Pleasure Rowing Boats
On the 10th August, while the Life-boat Theodore Price was out for practice, in a strong breeze and choppy sea, two pleasure rowing boats were seen driving out to sea. There were three women I and one man in one...
O.L.S.
At about 8.30 A.M. on the 29th December a message was received that a barge v?as in very urgent need of assistance about two and a half miles E N.E. of the Gunfleet Lighthouse. The Motor Life- boat James Stevens No. 14 at once proceeded to...
Isabella and Nina
On the morning of the 20th June the coast- guard reported that a small local fishing boat, the Isabella and Nina, with one man on board, was fishing south of Dundonnie Head, and as a strong gale was blowing from the north, and the sea was...
Penguin
At 9.5 P.M. on the 27th July a telephone message was received from the coastguard that flares of distress were being shown one mile N.E. of Rhyl Pier. A strong and increasing W.N.W. wind was blowing and the sea was rough. The pulling...
Yacht Alethea II
At 8.10 P.M. on the 30th August the coast- guard at Totland telephoned that a small yacht was burning red flares near Elbow Buoy. A fresh S.S.W.
gale was blowing, with a rough sea.
The motor life-boat...
Prince
Torbay, Devon.—At 6.55 P.M. on the 16th January, 1939, it was reported that the open motor fishing boat Prince, of Torquay, with three men on board,was overdue on a trip from Torquay to Brixham, and that owing to the poor condition of her...
Morn
Margate, Kent.—At about noon on the 10th June, 1939, a yacht was seen by a life-boatman ashore on the Margate Sands. A light S.E. breeze was blowing, the sea was smooth. The motor life-boat Lord Southborough (Civil Service No. 1) was...
Jessie
ONE MAN IN A BARGE RESCUED Selsey, Sussex.—At 8.20 in the morn- ing of the 15th of March, 1947, the coastguard reported that a vessel at anchor three miles south-west from Bill Tower Look-out was flying a distress signal. A moderate...