LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Zamorin
Donaghadee, Co. Down. — About 10.10 on the morning of the 12th of July, 1952, a yacht was observed burning distress signals at Copeland Island, and information was received from the coastguards and police. At 10.35 the life-boat Sir...
Zaire
Poole and Bournemouth, Dorset.—At about 10.30 P.M. on the 1st June, 1938, the Parkstone police reported distress signals in Poole Harbour. A W.S.W.
gale was blowing, with a rough sea and squalls of rain. The pulling and...
A Yacht (1)
AUGUST 11TH. - FOWEY, CORNWALL.
At 12.58 in the morning, the police reported that a yacht which had put out at one o’clock on the previous afternoon, had not returned.
She had five on board. A...
Glad Tidings
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At 12.40 on the afternoon of the 18th of April, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Long- stone lighthouse keepers had reported a boat flying distress signals...
Punch, of Carnarvon & the Elizabeth, of Yarmouth
In the month of March the following excellent services were also rendered by the Caister small Life-boat, the Boys:— "While on a voyage from Newcastle to Dublin, the schooner Punch, of Carnarvon, was wrecked on the Barber Sands, off...
Gem
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the 18th of December, 1949, the motor fishing boat Gem left Whitby to recover lines left at sea the previous day. During the afternoon the wind freshened and, blowing strongly from the north-west, raised a rough sea at...
A Small Metal Dinghy
Filey, Yorkshire.—At 4.45 in the afternoon of the 18th of August, 1951, the coxswain heard that a small metal dinghy with an outboard motor had not been seen since three o'clock. He informed the coastguard, and at 5.0 the life-boat The...
An Aeroplane (13)
JULY 17TH. - CLACTON-ON-SEA, AND WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. A message had been received from the coasttake guard that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea between Walton pier and Gunfleet Lighthouse and that a man had come down from it by...
Tiza, of Weymouth
Weymouth, Dorset - At 3.25 p.m.
on 2 ist April, 1967, a fishing boat was reported to be ashore in the middle of the Portland breakwater. The life-boat Lloyd's, on temporary duty at the station, slipped her moorings at 3...
A Sailing Dinghy (3)
TWO CAME BACK Criccieth, Caernarvonshire. At 12.39 p.m. on ist September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small sailing dinghy had capsized half a mile off Black Rock sands and both occupants were in the sea. There...