LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rambler Rose
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—In the evening of 8th October, 1938, information was received from the coastguard that vessel was ashore to the north of Scalby Ness. The motor life-boat Herbert Joy II was launched at 7.45 P.M. A strong southerly...
Fair Maiden
Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 3.15 on the afternoon of the 16th of June, 1956, the police informed the coxswain that a yacht was firing flares in Normans Bay. The life-boat Beryl Tollemache was launched at 3.23 in a rough sea with a moderate...
Anna Henny
Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—At ten o'clock on the night of the 19th of November, 1952, the Redcar coastguard tele- phoned that he had fired a rocket to warn a vessel that she was heading for Salt Scar Rocks. The vessel did not seem to...
Friso
Clogher Head, Co. Louth.—At 9.10 on the night of the 6th of December, 1952, the harbour master reported that he had seen flares about four miles east of Clogher Head pier, and at 9.50 the life-boat George and Caroline Ermen was launched....
Old Bob Leach
Hastings, Sussex.—At 4.33 on the afternoon of the 19th of December, 1952, the life-boat honorary secretary saw a fishing boat about five miles to the south-east burn flares. At 4.36 the life-boat M.T.C. was launched in a slight sea with a...
The S.S. Durward
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 7.58 on the morning of the 17th of January, 1954, the coastguard reported that the S.S.
Durward, of Grangemouth, which had a crew of eleven, was leaking and had a list on the south side of Robin...
A Dinghy
Falmouth, Cornwall.—At 2.30 early on the morning of the 3rd of March, 1954, the Fire Brigade reported that firemen at Rosemullion Head were hauling two men up a cliff. The men had been in a fourteen-feet dinghy with another man, but the...
A Pontoon and a Launch
Hartlepool, Co. Durham. At 12.45 on the afternoon of the 8th August, 1961, the coxswain informed the honor- ary secretary that Messrs. Wimpey had requested the help of the life-boat, as one of their pontoons two miles north of Hartlepool was...
Lubock
Fenit, Co. Kerry.—On the 4th of Feb- ruary, 1957, the Dutch motor vessel Lubock, carrying a cargo of barley from Honfleur, entered Tralee Bay.
A gale was blowing, and a pilot could not board her and bring her to berth at...
May Rose
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk. At 9.43 on the night of the 26th of November, 1957, the coast- guard reported that a small boat was showing a distress signal half a mile north of the harbour entrance. The life-boat Louise Stephens was...