LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Centaurus
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 1.31 on the afternoon of the 31st of May, 1956, the Deal coastguard reported that the Liberian steamer Centaurus had been in collision with an unknown tanker some eighteen miles east-by-south from Ramsgate. The life-boat...
Jamaica
Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 6.20 on the morning of the 2nd of May, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the steam trawler Jamaica of Fleetwood, with a crew of twelve, was ashore on the north-west boulders on the south side of...
Sunlit Waters
Plymouth, Devon - At 12.20 p.m. on i6th February, 1967, a large open fishing boat was reported to be wallowing heavily and making no progress about three quarters of a mile off the fog station. No distress signals had been seen but there was...
A Raft
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 5.46 on the afternoon of the 28th of July, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that the police had reported two boys adrift on a raft in the River Medway between Isle of Grain and All Hallows. The life-boat Greater...
Isle of Rona
Padstow, Cornwall.—At 4.45 on the afternoon of the 19th of August, 1956, the Trevose Head coastguard rang up to say that the Camelford police had reported a small sailing boat in diffi- culties near Tintagel Point. The no. 1 life-boat Joseph...
Kittiwake
New Quay, Cardiganshire.—At 6.50 in the evening, on the 31st of July, 1950, the Aberayron police telephoned that a motor boat from Aberayron was flying distress signals six miles north- east of New Quay. At 7.10 the life- boat St. Albans was...
The lona
Margate, Kent.—At 7.25 in the even- ing of the 10th April, 1948, information was received from the Broadstairs police through the coastguard that a fishing boat was in difficulties about a mile off Kingsgate. The motor life-boat The Lord...
A Dinghy
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 8.14 on the morning of the 26th of February, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that the Brighton police had reported that a ten-feet dinghy was adrift one mile south-east of the Brighton Palace pier. At 8.25...
An Aeroplane (6)
FEBRUARY 17TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE.
At 2.44 in the afternoon life-boatmen on the promenade saw an aeroplane crash west-north-west of the coastguard station, about a mile off shore. The crash was also seen and...
Swordfish
Angle, Pembrokeshire - At 5.35 p.m. on ist October, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a catamaran was almost on the rocks at Deadman's Cove. The life-boat White Star, on temporary duty at the station, was launched...