LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Four Brothers
At 8.30 A.M.
on the 29th January it was reported to the Coxswain that a vessel was flying signals of distress about four miles N. W.
of Bull Bay. The Life-boat James Gullen was launched in a very heavy sea...
A Fishing Vessel
Dover, Kent. At 11.30 on the morning of the 16th September, 1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing vessel was in difficulties a mile and a half north-east of Dover.
At 11.45 the life-boat...
H.M.S. Cygnet
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 12.20 in the morning of the 7th of February. 1948, the coast- guard telephoned that H.M.S. Cygnet, bound from the Arctic to Sheerness, was approaching and wished to land a sick man...
A Fishing Boat (1)
Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—At 3.33 in the afternoon of the 23rd of April, 1949, the coastguard telephoned that a local fishing boat, with a crew of two, had capsized one mile south of Sizewell, and at 3.50 the No. 1 life-boat, Abdy Beauclerk,...
Young Robert
Dunbar, East Lothian.—At 3.10 on the afternoon of the 12th of September, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was flying distress signals south- east of Bass Rock. Five minutes later the life-boat George and Sarah Strachan...
A Pontoon
Falmouth, Cornwall.—At 7.45 in the morning, on the 17th of September, 1950, it was reported that a boat was drifting out to sea from the Helford River. At 8.15 the life-boat Crawford and Constance Conybeare was launched, in a heavy sea with...
Lead Us (2)
Wbitby, Yorkshire.—During the after- noon of the 13th of May, 1951, the local motor fishing boat Lead Us put out in a strong northerly wind and a heavy swell which made the harbour bar dangerous for her return. The life-boat crew assembled...
A Fishing Coble
CREW TAKEN OFF FISHING COBLE Seaham, Co. Durham. At 8.11 on the morning of the 20th April, 1962, the coastguard informed the coxswain that red flares had been seen two and a half miles north of Seaham. The life-boat George Elmy was launched...
Sabine, of Onway
Beaumaris, Anglesey - At 8.50 a.m.
on 1st November, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht appeared to be in difficulties in Conway Bay. The lifeboat Field Marshal and Mrs Smuts was launched at...
Avail
Arbroath, Angus - At 10.56 p.m.
on 6th February, 1967, red flares werereported to have been seen about five miles south of Arbroath. The life-boat The Duke of Montrose was launched at 11.6 in a calm sea. It was an hour...