LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mollia
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—During thick fog on the afternoon of the 9th of Decem- ber, 1952, a vessel about two miles south-east of the harbour was heard blowing her siren, and at 5.15 the coastguard telephoned that flares had been seen. At 5.22...
The S.S. Sabac
Runswick, Yorkshire.—At 1.55 on the afternoon of the 19th of May, 1953, the Staithes coastguard rang up to say that a vessel had gone aground on Kettleness Point in thick fog, and at 2.15 the life-boat Robert Patton—The Always Ready was...
Seonaid
FISHING VESSEL'S CREW TAKEN OFF ROCKS Wick, Caithness-shire. At 7.26 on the morning of the 30th May, 1963, Wick coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Seonaid of Lybster with two people on board was sinking...
Dominance
Arbroath, Angus. At six o'clock on the evening of the 9th December, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was ashore half a mile east of Arbroath. The life-boat The Duke of Montrose was launched at 6.11 in...
H.M. Trawler Saxonia
DEC. 21ST. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
the coastguard telephoned the coxswain shortly after 5 P.M., reporting that distress sound signals could be heard. A light S.E.
wind was blowing, with a heavy swell, and...
Juta, of Glasgow
OCTOBER 7TH. - TENBY, PEMBROKESHIRE.
At 4.55 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was making distress signals between three and five miles to the south-west-by-west. The weather was calm, but there was fog...
The Sailing Barge Veravia
FEBRUARY 17TH. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX. At 1.40 A.M. a barge was reported by the coastguard to be in distress off Seaford and burning red flares. A very strong southerly wind was blowing, with heavy seas, fog and blizzards of snow. At 2.25 A.M....
Obituary: Sir Terence H. Langrishe, Bt,
Lifeboat People It is with deep regret that we announce the death on December 31 of Sir Terence H. Langrishe, Bt, who served on the Committee of Management from 1952 to 1967; also the death on November 28, 1973, of Captain R. Muir, coxswain...
Category: Obituaries
Three Fishing Cobles (1)
A sudden gale from the S. sprung up at this place on the 30th December, and during its height three fishing cobles were observed in distress. The life-boat Joseph Anstice went out, and having got the boats in as safe a position as possible,...
A Sailing Boat (1)
Falmouth, Cornwall.—At 9.45 on the night of the 18th of July, 1950, the police reported that a small boat, with three men aboard, needed help in Fal- mouth Bay. At ten o'clock the life- boat John- and Mary Meiklam of Gladswood, on...