LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Marquis
The Oaister No. 2 Life-boat, the Godsend, was launched at 1 A.M. on the 29th September to the aid of the schooner Marquis, of Anglesea, which had stranded on the north end of the Barber Sand, during a strong wind from the S.S.W. With the...
Endeavour and Eliza Bell
ABEBSOCH, NORTH WALES.—The Mabel Louisa Life-boat was launched, at 2.30 A.M.
on the 29th of April, with much difficulty, the night being very dark, the tide far out, and a very heavy sea breaking on the shore. She proceeded...
Secret
Walmer, Kent. At 2.35 on the after- noon of the 21st of October, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the crew of the motor boat Secret of Deal were making a signal by waving an oar and a flag a mile off Deal pier. At...
Boston Valiant
Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At 5.45 on the afternoon of the 2nd of October, 1956, the coastguard telephoned that the trawler Boston Valiant, outward bound from Fleetwood to the fishing grounds,had asked for a doctor to meet her in Ramsey Bay as the...
Ira
GREEK STEAMER ON THE GOODWINS Walmer, Kent.—At midnight on the 7th of March, 1947, information was received from the Deal coastguard that an S O S had been sent out by a ship which -had grounded on the south part of the Goodwin Sands. A...
Themis
Dover, Kent. At 10.53 on the night of the 5th of June, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was burning flares a mile and a half off South Foreland. The life-boat Southern Africa put out at eleven o'clock in...
Mercantile Credit
SHORELINE MAKES PERSONAL LCANS PLAIN SAILING.
SHORELINE MAKES MARINE LOANS PLAIN SAILING A new boat3 a refit? Or just a little help with annual expenses? Whatever your requirements, if you're an RNLI supporter you can...
Category: Advertisement
Gay Crusader
Cronier, Norfolk. At 7.10 on the evening of the 6th of September, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a red parachute flare had been fired from the motor launch Gay Crusader one mile east-north-east of Cromer. The no. 1...
Patrick
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—At 4 P.M. on the 8th February, a signal of distress was hoisted by the cutter Patrick, of Peel, coal laden from Whitehaven for Killough, which was riding heavily with three anchors down, and dragging them about a mile...
Kiti
TOW FOR YACHT WITH THREE ABOARD Dungeness, Kent. At 2.10 on the afternoon of the 16th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was in difficulty off the power station. The life-boat Mabel...