LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Bluebell (1)
Dunbar, Haddingtonshire.—At 4.30 in the afternoon of the 20th of September, 1948, the coastguard reported that the motor fishing boat Bluebell, of Port Seton, with a crew of seven, had broken down nine miles to the north-east, and the motor...
Le Cygne
Ramsgate, Kent. — At 5.48 in the evening of the 6th of September, 1949, the East pier shore attendant tele- phoned that a yacht was on the Brake Sands and the life-boat Mary Scott, on. temporary duty at the station, left her moorings at 5.51...
A Yacht
Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At midday on the 14th August the keeper at Wyre Light reported that a yacht was ashore in a dangerous position on the east side of the Wyre Channel, opposite the lighthouse. A fresh, and fastincreasing, N.W. breeze was...
Tempo
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 10.13 P.M. on the 13th September, 1938, the coastguard reported having received a message from the Brake Light-vessel that a motor vessel was aground half a mile east of North Goodwin Buoy. A gentle breeze was blowing and...
Little Lady
Whitby, Yorkshire.—About 9.30 on the morning of the 31st of March, 1953, the local fishing coble Little Lady, with a crew of three, could be seen heading for the harbour bar in bad weather. A moderate west-north- west gale was blowing, with...
Kestral
Broughty Ferry, Angus.—At 4.10 in the afternoon of the 3rd of December, 1949, the life-boat coxswain saw a motor boat drifting down the river Tay. There • was a man on board, waving his jacket. At 4.18 the life- boat Mono was launched in a...
Dirk II
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 3.52 in the afternoon, on the 12th of April, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that the Customs at Brightlingsea had reported a yacht on her beam ends, and high and dry in Ray Sand Channel. At 4.15 the life-boat...
Mildred
Teesmouth, Yorkshire. At 5.30 in the evening of the 23rd of November, 1951, the keeper of the South Gare Lighthouse reported a signal from a fishing coble that she had lost her pro- peller, and needed help, and at 6.6 that night the...
Seafarer
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides. At 4 p.m. on 28th January, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that one of the local fishing fleet—the fishing vessel Seafarer—was in danger of drifting on to the lee shore off Grimishador, about...
Fishing Boats (1)
BridUngton, Yorkshire.—On the 10th of November, 1954, the weather worsen- ed while local fishing boats were at sea, and a heavy sea was running at the harbour entrance. At 1.20 in the afternoon the life-boat Tillie Morrison, Sheffield II was...