LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Karagola
Ramsgate, Kent. — At 5.50 in the morning of the 28th of September, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a ship between North Foreland and Broadstairs, making for Ramsgate, had signalled by lamp that water was entering her engine room and...
A Speed Boat
Hartlepool, Durham. At 2.30 on the afternoon of 3rd of July, 1960, the second coxswain was informed that a speed- boat had capsized off the breakwater.
The life-boat The Princess Royal (Civil Service No. 7) was launched at...
Welsh Girl
TOW FOR VESSEL WITH TWENTY PASSENGERS Barmouth, Merionethshire. At six o'clock on the evening of the 2nd June, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Welsh Girl, which had a crew of two and twenty...
A Motor Boat
Overdue THE RELIEF 46ft 9in WATSON LIFEBOAT Sarah Townsend Porritt, on temporary duty at Howth, slipped her moorings and put to sea at 2230 on Sunday October 15, 1978 following a report that a red flashing light and red flares had been...
The S.S. Irish Holly
IRISH DISTRICT Valentia, Co. Kerry-At 8.45 p.m.
on 22nd January, 1967, a large vessel was reported to have anchored in a very dangerousdangerous position in Loughkay. Weather conditions were too severe for the local pilot...
Taurus
Barrow, Lancashire. At 3.53 p.m.
on iyth October, 1965, a member of the crew told the motor mechanic that a sailing dinghy was in difficulties with a broken mast three quarters of a mile south by east of the station. At 4...
Albion
OCT. 26TH. - BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE.
At 1.30 P.M. the coxswain telephoned that he had had a fishing boat under observation since noon. She was trying to beat up from about three miles south of the Central Pier, and seemed to...
Two Sisters (2)
JUNE 19TH. - BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 2.23 P.M the coastguard reported a fishing boat showing signals of distress off Newbiggin. As the Newbiggin life-boat was off service, the Blyth motor life-boat Joseph Adlam was...
S.S. Dixcove and S.S. Winkfield
MAY 19TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At about 6.30 P.M. the coxswain was warned for service by the naval control as two ships had been attacked and were in distress. The sea was calm, with no wind.At 6.45 P.M. the motor life-boat Greater...
None (42)
SEPTEMBER 2ND. - LERWICK, SHETLANDS.
At 8.30 in the morning the medical officer of Yell telephoned for the life-boat to fetch a sick woman from Fetlar to Lerwick for hospital treatment. No other suitable vessel was...