LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Guiding Star
The schooner Guiding Star, of Runcorn, while bound to Fisherow with a cargo of salt, became windbound when at anchor in Scrabster Roads, and on the 12th November a whole N.N.E. gale sprang up. The vessel, being in an ex- posed position,...
Fishing Boats
At 11.30 A.M. on the 2nd December the S.S.E.
gale increased rapidly until it was blowing a strong gale, and as some of the fishing-boats belonging to Stone- haven were at sea, the Life-boat Alex- ander Slack was launched to...
A Capital Idea
GORDON STABLES, Esq., M.D., E.N., of Twyford, Berkshire, the well-known author, in a letter published a short time since in The Stock-keeper and Fancier's Chronicle, made the following admirable suggestion, which we trust may be carried...
Category: Correspondence
Rosealean
Arklow, Co. Wicklow_On the night of the 20th November, 1935, fishermen saw the local fishing coble Rosealean, about, a mile south of Arklow, showing signals of distress. A strong east breeze was blowing, with a rough...
A Small Boat (1)
Walmer, Kent.—At 2.20 P.M. on 19th August, the Deal coastguard telephoned that East Goodwin light-vessel had reported a small boat, about one mile E.S.E. of the light-vessel, in urgent need of help. A strong S.W. breeze was blowing, with...
Marlene Dorlores
A FOUR HOURS' SEARCH Swanage, Dorset.—At 5.24 in the morning of the 21st of August, 1947, the coastguard reported distress signals about five miles south-by-west of the station. The motor life-boat Thomas Markby was launched at 5.45 in...
Croix du Sud
Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. — At 7.45 in the evening of the 3rd of May, 1948. the Civic Guard reported that a French trawler, the Croix du Sud, had struck a bank and had four feet of water in her hold. She was making for harbour and...
Easting
Clovelly, Devon. — At 9.14 in the morning of the 13th of August, 1948, the Lundy and Hartland coastguards reported a yacht to the south-east of Lundy Island which appeared to be in difficulties, and the motor life-boat City of Nottingham was...
Ocean Reaper
Newhaven, Sussex.—At 10.5 on the night of the 1st of December, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a fishing vessel appeared to be in difficulties, and drifting, half a mile south-east of the breakwater, and at 10.40 reported that she was...
Fire Fly
Shorebam Harbour, Sussex.—At 1.4 P.M. on the llth July the coastguard reported that a boat was in distress four and a half miles E.S.E. of Shoreham Harbour. A moderate S.W.
breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor...