LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Martaban, of Cardiff
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. — On the evening of the 31st August the police reported, through the Royal Naval Shore Signal Station, that a small yacht was in distress off Lavernock Point. She was the motor cruiser Martaban, of Cardiff, with...
Kjorrefjord
Sunderland, Co. Durham.—On the 9th December the Norwegian steamer Kjorrefjord, of Farsund, bound for the Tyne with a general cargo, ran ashore on Whitburn Steel, about two miles north of Sunderland. The wind was only light and the sea smooth...
Our Confidence
Whitby, Yorkshire. At 1.30 on the afternoon of the 27th of June, 1958, the coxswain heard on his radio that the motor fishing vessel Our Confidence of Bridlington had broken down off Whitby in dense fog. He told the honorary secretary, and...
Dunluce
Portrush, Co. Antrim.—At about 4 P.M. on the llth August, 1939, the second coxswain of the life-boat reported that the motor fishing boat Dunluce, of Portrush, with a crew of four on board, was in need of help off Curran Point. A moderate...
A Motor Boat (1)
On the 17th of September, 1952, the Stornoway life-boat was launched on a service which lasted twenty-two hours, and in the course of which she rescued the crew of a motor boat who were marooned on some rocks sixty-five miles from Stornoway....
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Mallaig, Inverness-shire.—At 10.20 on the morning of the llth of September, 1953, the doctor on Eigg asked if the life-boat would take him to Canna to attend an urgent medical case, as no other boat was available. At 10.45 the life-boat Sir...
Maggie Deas
Hartlepool, Durham.—At 5.35 on the evening of the 18th of October, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that a fishing coble had burnt flares two miles north of Heugh lighthouse. At 5.55 the life-boat The Princess Royal, Civil Service No. 7...
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Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 1.23 early on the morningof the 20th of April, 1954, the Gorles- ton coastguard rang up to say that Britannia Pier at Great Yarmouth had caught fire and to ask for the life-boat, as there...
Tungsha
Thurso, Caithness-shire - At 7.20 a.m.
on llth May, 1968, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Tungsha of Toiisberg was making for Thurso bay with a passanger who had suffered a heart attack. She...
A Fishing Boat (1)
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 9.38 on the morning of the 19th July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing boat had broken down east of Hopton and needed help. At 9.43 the life-boat Louise Stephens...