LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Galilee and Venus
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At about 9 A.M.
on the 20th August the motor fishing boats Galilee and Venus were expected in from fishing. The sea had gr.own rapidly during the morning, and was then breaking heavily outside' the...
Nora
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 2.51 on the afternoon of the 15th of August, 1957.
the watchman on the east pier reported that a yacht about two miles from the Quern buoy was signalling for help. She could apparently make no...
A Dinghy (5)
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 12.32 on the afternoon of the 24th of August, 1957, the Worthing police reported that a dinghy had capsized a quarter of a mile off Lancing beach. The life-boat Rosa Woodd and Phyllis Lunn was launched at 12.43...
The S.S. Ernrix
Redcar, Yorkshire.—At 10.55 P.M. on the 22nd June, 1939, a message was received from the Staithes coastguard that a three-masted vessel had fired distress rockets 3| miles to the N.N.W.
A strong N.N.E. breeze was blowing,...
The Motor Fishing Boats Venture and Undaunted
MORE FISHING BOATS IN PERIL Thurso, Caithness-shire.—Just before midnight on the night of the 25th of April, 1947, anxiety was felt for the safety of the local motor fishing boats Venture and Undaunted which had not returned. A strong...
A Sailing Boat
Hastings, Sussex.—About 12.40 in the afternoon of the 30th of July, 1949, the Fairlight coastguard telephoned that a sailing boat from Dungeness, with one man on board, appeared to be at anchor half a mile south by east of Fairlight Cove,...
Spray
Beaumaris, Anglesey.—At midnight on the 9th of July, 1956, the life-boatField Marshal and Mrs. Smuts was launched in a calm sea, with a light breeze blowing, to take two fire service pumps to the auxiliary cutter Spray.
The...
Lesley
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 12.20 early on the 15th of August, 1953, the stageman told the coxswain that a yachtsman had reported that he had seen another yacht in distress off R.7 Buoy in the Rock Channel. At 12.45 the life-boat Norman B....
A Cabin Cruiser
Workington, Cumberland - At 6.31 p.m. on 12th April, 1970, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser with a crew of two was in difficulties half a mile off shore. The life-boat Manchester and Salford XXIX slipped her...
C. Risager
Donaghadee, Co. Down. At 2.26 on the morning of the 5th of October, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a message had been received from the police that red flares had been seen off Glenarm. Further enquiries were made,...