LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Antigone
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 7.47 on the even- ing of the 31st of January, 1954, the coastguard reported that a message had been received by the North Fore- land radio station that the S.S.
Antigone, of Antwerp, needed help ten miles...
The Motor Keel Boat Lead Us
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—At noon on the 29th of October, 1956, a message was received that the motor keel boat Lead Us. of Whitby, was approaching Whitby harbour in very bad weather.
Later a message was received that because...
The Blackwater Lightvessel
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—At 11.50 on the morning of the 20th of January, 1955, the Commissioners of Irish Lights reported that the father of the fog signalman on the Black- water lightvessel had died in Wexford and asked if the...
Gloamin N.
Bridlington, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 26th of January, 1956, the weather became worse while the local fishing boat Gloamin N, which had a crew of four, was still at sea.
At 10.10 the life-boat Tillie Morrison,...
Summer Rose
Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire.— At 5.50 on the afternoon of the 20th of May, 1956, the Portpatrick coast- guard reported that a fishing boat was in distress off Castle Point, Solway Firth, and was drifting towards the rocks. At 6.15 the...
Westward
HAD BROKEN DOWN Troon, Ayrshire. At 7.27 p.m. on 5th May, 1964, the Kildonan coastguard told the life-boat coxswain of a Lamlash police report that a small boat was in difficulties 200 yards north of Holy Isle buoy. The life-boat Glencoe,...
Wiz
CAPSIZED Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At 1.5 p.m. on 16th April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a message had been received from the lighthouse keeper that a small yacht had capsized about a quarter of a mile off...
Pinta
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 9.55 on the night of the 27th of May, 1950, a message came from the Warden Point Look-out that a sailing yacht was in distress two miles off Shoeburyness.
At 10.28 the life-boat Greater London,...
Two Rubber Dinghies
Skegness, Lincolnshire.—At 1.40 in the afternoon, on the 17th of July, 1950, the Skegness police reported two rubber dinghies adrift off Huttoft. At two o'clock the life-boat Anne Allen was launched in a strong south-south-west breeze...
Rowing Boats
Girvan, Ayrshire.—At 12.30 in the afternoon, on the 20th of August, 1950, a resident telephoned that rowing boats were in difficulties outside the harbour.
At 12.40 the life-boat Lily Glen- Glasgow, left her...