LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Dinghy
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—16th August, 1939. A dinghy, with two men on board, had been reported as being carried out to sea by the strong tide.
The motor life-boat put out in charge of Captain Sir Charles Campbell, Bt., in...
H.M. Destroyer Javelin
Redcar, Yorskhire.—22nd October, 1939. Information had been re- ceived through the coastguard from the senior naval officer at Newcastle that there had been a collision off Maske, one of the vessels being H.M.
Destroyer...
Southlands
SOLITARY WATCHMAN RESCUED Falmouth, Cornwall.—At 6.10 in the evening of the 16th of March, 1947, the motor life-boat Crawford and Con- stance Conybeare was launched to a ship on the rocks at St. Just, Falmouth Harbour. A strong westerly gale...
Pioneer
NO ENGINE, BUT ONE OAR Flamborough, Yorkshire. — At about 4.25 on the afternoon of the 10th of January, 1948, the Royal Naval Shore Signal Station telephoned that a fishing coble appeared to have broken down off Flamborough Head. The motor...
Adoration, Ebenezer and Nellie
CAUGHT BY SUDDEN GALES Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. — On the morning of the 13th of January, 1948, anxiety was felt for the safety of several local fishing boats at sea, for a gale was getting up, and at 12.15, when it was blowing a...
A Fishing Coble
Flamborough, Yorkshire.—On the afternoon of the 18th of November, 1952, a local fishing coble was known to be at sea in bad weather, but noth- ing could be seen of her. At 2.45 the life-boat Howard D was launched. The sea was rough...
Tarifa
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 5.3 on the afternoon of the 24th of August, 1957, the Wyke Regis coastguard reported that the yacht Tarifa was in diffi- culties some three miles south of Portland Bill. The life-boat William and Clara Ryland put out at...
Aircraft—Life-Boat Signalling Exercise
THE Broughty Ferry, Angus, life-boat Mono, took part in an exercise on the 8th of December, 1955, in conjunction with helicopters, search aircraft and air-sea rescue launches. The main purpose was to investigate and exer- cise communications...
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Fishing Vessels
SEVEN AT SEA At 10.15 a-m- on 24th March, 1964, the honorary secretary was told that seven motor fishing vessels were at sea in rapidly deteriorating weather. The life-boat Tillie Morrison, Sheffield II was launched at ii o'clock in a...
Dolphin
TRAWLER BROKE DOWN Dungeness, Kent. At 9.55 p.m. on 2ist March, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small trawler had broken down three miles north-east of Dungeness. There was a light southwesterly breeze with a moderate...