LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mystical Rose
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At 2.15 on the afternoon of the 20th of March, 1958, the fishing boat Mystical Rose of Wexford, which was on charter to the Wexford harbour commissioners for duties as a pilot boat, had not returned to...
May Queen
Courdon, Kincardinesbire. — In the afternoon of the 18th November, 1938, a sudden south gale sprang up, with a rough sea and heavy rain. A boat which came in reported that the small local fishing yawl May Queen, with a crew of three, was...
Prince of Wales
DARTMOUTH. — Signals having been fired, denoting that a vessel was in danger, the crew of the Life-boat Henry and Amanda Shaw were snmmoned, and about 10.45 A.M. on the llth January, the boat left her moorings and proceeded the rescue....
A Yacht
Dunmore East, Co. Waterford - At 9 p.m. on 13th July, 1968, the honorary secretary was informed thata yacht with two men on board was aground on the rocks at the foot of the cliff outside Dunmore harbour.
The life-boat H. F...
Betima
FISHING VESSEL TOWED TO HARBOUR Campbeltown, Argyllshire. At 1.43 on the afternoon of the llth August, 1962, a resident at Penivar informed the honorary secretary that a motor fishing vessel had apparently broken down and was drifting in the...
Two's Company and Martlett
New Brighton, Cheshire - At 1.16 p.m.
on 3rd August, 1969, the police informed the coxswain that the yachts Two's Company and Martlett, each with a crew of two, were in difficulties near Rock Channel off New...
Jaqueline Roberta
Dungeness, Kent. At 11.50 on the morning of the 12th of February, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that the engine of the fishing boat Jaque- line Roberta had broken down three miles south-west of Dungeness and that she had asked...
A Motor Fishing Vessel
New Brighton, Cheshire - At 6.30 p.m. on 3rd April, 1966, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that a motor fishing vessel was aground on the revetment wall a quarter of a mile northwest of the New Brighton lighthouse. The life-boat...
Ruby
At about 7.30 A.M., on the 7th October, the Life-boat Coxswain, who was on the look-out, observed a yacht near the Middle Patch buoy, about four miles distant, showing signals of distress. He immediately summoned his crew, and the Life- boat...
Starshine
Caister, Norfolk.—At two in the afternoon, on the 8th of July, 1950, the life-boat Jose Neville was launched for exercise. On her way back to her station, about an hour later, she saw a yacht in difficulties off the north end of Caister...