LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Ex-Motor Launch Prince Siki
DRIFTING ON TO THE NORE SANDS Southend'On-Sea, Essex.—At 5.35 in the afternoon of the 18th of April, 1947, the coastguard reported that a yacht was drifting on to the Nore Sands.
The motor life-boat Milburn, on tem-...
Moa
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 11.30 on the night of the 25th of January, 1948, the Hoylake coastguard tele- phoned that a fishing vessel was in distress near C.2 A Buoy, half a mile off the Crosby Lightvessel and at 12.15 the No. 2 motor...
Mafalda
Appledore, Devon.—At 5.15 in the afternoon of the 4th of July, 1948, the Westward Ho coastguard telephoned that a yacht appeared to be in diffi- culties eight miles north-east of Hart- land Point, and at 5.35 the motor life- boat The...
Good Cheer
Scaiborough, Yorkshire.—At 6.44 in the evening of the 5th of December, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that flares could be seen one mile north by east of Burniston, and the motor life- boat Herbert Joy II was lauriched at 6.55. The...
Morning Star
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At 10.50 in the morning of the 22nd of March, 1949, a report was received by telephone that the Cahirciveen motor fishing boat Morning Star, which had gone out the previous evening with a crew of four, had not returned....
Beaty
Caister, Norfolk. — At 8.35 in the morning of the 3rd of April, 1949, the Winterton coastguard telephoned that a fishing boat half a mile south-east of Winterton was flying a distress signal.
The life-boat Jose Neville was...
A Rubber Dinghy (1)
Margate, Kent.—At 3.22 on the after- noon of the 7th of August, 1952, the Reculvers coastguard telephoned that a rubber dinghy was being blown out to sea one mile east of Reculvers. As no boat was available at Herne Bay, the life-boat North...
Rinda, of Oslo
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 9.5 on the morning of the 17th of December, 1952, the Formby coastguard tele- phoned that a man had fallen over- board from the tanker Rinda, of Oslo, off Rock Ferry, and at 9.30 the life-boat Norman B. Corlett...
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...
Fishing Cobles (2)
COBLES AT SEA Whitby, Yorkshire. At 8.5 a.m. on 25th April, 1964, the life-boat second coxswain reported that there was a very heavy swell on the harbour bar and that several local fishing cobles, one of which had been reported to have...