LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Small Boat (5)
JULY 30TH. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
At 12.30 in the afternoon a report was received from a man at Rhos-on- Sea that a small boat was being carried out to sea off Colwyn Bay. The motor life-boat Thomas and Annie Wade...
Welcome Messenger
Sheringham, Norfolk. At 1.5 p.m.
on 2 ist December, 1965, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that a small fishing boat was in trouble with her engine broken down, a mile and a half north of Sheringham. The life-boat...
Durandel
Newhaven, Sussex.—At 8.34 on the evening of the 17th of December, 1956, the coastguard telephoned that a trawler had fired a red flare two miles south-south-east of Newhaven.
At 8.45 the life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott...
Peace and Plenty
Newhaven, Sussex.—At 12.45 on the afternoon of the 5th of August, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that a fish- ing boat was in difficulties with a fouled propeller off Cuckmere haven and needed help. At 12.50 the life- boat Cecil and Lilian...
Welsh Lady
Barmouth, Merionethshire - At 6.50 p.m. on 22nd June, 1968, the coastguard reported that the fishing boat Welsh Lady with five people on board was in difficulties one and a half miles north of Barmouth. The life-boat The Chieftain was...
The S.S. Lemnos
The Life-boat was launched to the s.s. Lemnos, of Dundee, which stranded about a mile S.E. of the South Gare on the 16th December. The weather was thick and cold at the time and the Life-boat stood by the vessel. Whilst there the master...
Bempton
Stromness, Orkneys.—At 2.10 on the afternoon of the 13th of February, 1954, the Kirkwall coastguard rang up to say that the steam trawler Bempton, of Aberdeen, had run ashore between Wason's Buoy and Scapa, and at 2.27 the life-boat...
Catherine Anne
Caister, Norfolk. At 7.55 a.m. on 29th October, 1965, the mechanic told the coxswain that a small fishing boat was burning red flares. The life-boat The Royal Thames was launched at 8.10 in a fresh westerly breeze and moderate seas, two...
Pontfield (1)
OCTOBER 11TH. - SUNDERLAND, DURHAM. At 9.57 A.M. the coastguard reported that the after part of the tanker Pontfield, in tow of a tug, was making heavy weather off the port. On 15th September the Pontfield had struck a mine off Cromer and...
A Steam Trawler Lolist
At 5.12 P.M. on the 14th May the coast- guard at Seaton Sluice telephoned that a steam trawler was flying " not under control " signals about five miles east of the station. A strong N.E. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea, and the...