LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Elsie
Workington, Cumberland. — At 7.50 in the evening of the 21st of June, 1952, a report was received through the coastguard that a boat was in dis- tress about three miles north-east of Whitehaven, and at 8.15 the life-boat N.T. was launched....
Kyle Rona
Barra Island, Hebrides.—During the night of the 31st October, 1938, a whole south-westerly gale sprang up, and the steamer Kyle Rona, of Glasgow, which was at anchor in the bay, lost one of her anchors and was in danger of being driven on...
Sea Lavender
Aldeburgh, Suffolk - At 9.10 p.m.
on 13th June, 1966, the coxswain was told that a yacht lying off Aldeburgh was being kept under observation. At 9.30 the yacht fired a distress signal. The lifeboat The Alfred and Patience...
A Yacht (1)
Eastbourne, Sussex - At 4.44 p.m. on I2th July, 1966, a yacht with one man on board was reported in difficulties four miles south-east of Beachy Head. A small coaster was standing by the boat. There was a gale from the south-west with a...
Ramona
NEAR PORTLAND BILL Weymouth, Dorset. At 8.30 p.m. on 9th November, 1964, the coxswain was told by a shipping agency that the Dutch motor vessel Ramona was drifting in choppy seas and a moderate south-easterly wind five miles south of...
Determination
Skegness, Lincolnshire - At 3.50 p.m. on 16th April, 1969, the coxswain/mechanic of the life-boat reported that a catamaran which hehad been watching throughout the day had broken adrift. The life-boat Charles Fred Grantham was launched at 4...
Marabut
DEAD WOMAN FOUND IN SEA Anstruther, Fife. At 12.49 on the afternoon of Wednesday the 31 st of July, 1963, the coastguard at Anstruther informed the honorary secretary that the Polish trawler Marabut had reported that she was standing by the...
Stakesly Rose, Success, Pilot Me and Lead Us
Whitby, Yorkshire. On the after- noon of the 22nd of January, 1959, the coxswain was informed that four local fishing boats were still at sea. As there was a big fresh coming down the river and a strong northerly wind was blowing, it was...
Zulu
Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At 10.30 on the morning of the 23rd of August, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that the harbour master at Laxey had reported a yacht making heavy weather between two and three miles off Laxey...
Fishing Cobles
Filey, Yorkshire. At 10.35 on the morning of the 28th of December, 1960, the coastguard told the motor mechanic that eleven local cobles were at sea fishing. As the weather was deteriorat- ing it was decided, in the absence of the honorary...