LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Accounts of Services by Life-boats (4)
Launches 18. Lives rescued 30.
MAY 3RD. - CROMARTY. At 3 P.M. a message was received from the Seaforth Highlanders Depot at Fort George that the ferry boat Tim, running from Fort George to Chanory, with the depot band of...
Category: Services
Glad Tidings (1)
SEPTEMBER 23RD. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
At 10.30 P .M. a message was received from the coastguard that the motor fishing boat Glad Tidings, of Lybster, had not returned. A strong N.W. wind was blowing, with a moderate sea....
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Tijl Uilenspiegel (4)
Six lifeboats in search for missing Belgian trawler The new Tyne class lifeboat at Douglas, Isle of Man, had a testing time during her first service, in a search for a missing Belgian trawler which lasted for 11 hours in Force 7 winds and...
Undaunted
PENMON, ANGLESEY.—On the morning of the 7th November the Life-boatChristopher Brown was called out on service, a vessel being observed in distress, but, on reaching her, assistance was declined. A whole gale was blowing at the time, the sea...
None (3)
— On the evening of the 26th January, the coast- guard reported that a vessel was on fire about seven miles east of the Mull of Galloway. A moderate north gale was blowing, with a moderate to rough sea, and the weather was very...
Roaming
Arklow, Co. Wicklow— On the 28th November, 1938, the trawler Roaming, of Arklow, with a crew of three, lost her rudder while fishing in Courtown Bay. She made for Arklow with the flood tide, using trawl boards for steering, and sending up...
Success (1)
Redcar, and Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—At about 9.45 A.M. on the 2nd January, 1939, the coastguard at Marske telephoned that a motor fishing vessel was in distress four miles north-east of Huntcliffe. She was the Success, of Whitby, with a crew...
A Small Open Boat
Aldeburgh, Suffolk. — During the morning of the 17th September the coastguard reported that a small open boat under sail two miles south of Aldeburgh was making very heavy weather. A moderate to fresh squally south breeze was blowing, with a...
Windrise
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—At 8.10 on the morning of the 4th of Nov- ember, 1952, the Department of In- dustry and Commerce in Dublin rang up to report a wireless message received by Tuskar Rock from the Holyhead coast- guard. The...