LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Firefly Sailing Dinghy
Beaumaris, Anglesey.—At 5.10 on the afternoon of the 17th of June, 1954, the Penmon coastguard rang up to say that a Firefly sailing dinghy, with a crew of two, had capsized off Irish- man's Spit at the eastern end of the Menai Straits....
A Sailing Dinghy
Ten small boats WEST MERSEA deputy launching authority was informed by HM Coastguard at 1652 on Saturday May 26, 1979, that an upturned sailing dinghy had been sighted l'/2 miles east of Shinglehead Point. Maroons were fired and at 1700...
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Paragon
Howth, Co. Dublin.—At seven o'clock on the night of the 3rd of February, 1950, a local fisherman reported that the fishing boat Paragon, of Arklow, had gone on the rocks off Ireland's Eye.
At 7.13, therefore, the...
Anworth
On the 3rd April a telephone message was received from the Coastguard that a small vessel was ashore on Sheep Island, .but had made no signals of distress.
The Shore Signalman of the Motor Life- boat City of Glasgow...
The Sailing Boat Dolores
Ramsey, Isle of Man. At 1.42 on theafternoon of the 26th of March, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the s.s. Colebrook had the sailing boat Dolores in tow and her master had asked to be relieved of the tow off Ramsey...
Heron (1)
GREEK AND DANISH STEAMERS IN COLLISION Dover, and Walmer, Kent.—On the morning of the 28th of June, 1947, the steamer Heron, of Piraeus, was in collision with the Danish steamer Stal, of Copenhagen, and sank fourteen miles east-south...
Juno
On the 1st October, during hazy weather, the barquentine Juno, of Riga, stranded on the South Goodwin Sands, whilst bound from Portsmouth to Sunderland. Informa- tion reached the Coxswain of the Life- boat about 9 A.M., and with all speed...
Seabreeze
ANOTHER FISHING BOAT TOWED IN New Quay, Cardiganshire.—At 9.45 on the night of the 21st of October, 1947, the coastguard reported a vessel burning signals of distress three miles to the north of Aberayron. The pulli ng and sailing life-boat...
A Vessel (2)
OCTOBER 6TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES.
A vessel had been reported in distress off the south-west corner of the Island of Skye, but nothing could be found, and after spending the night at Carbost, the life-boat, which was in...