LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Endeavour
Dunbar, East Lothian.—At 4.8 on the afternoon of the 16th of October, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that the local motor fishing boat Endeavour had broken down four miles to the north- north-west, and at 4.20 the life-boat George and Sarah...
Achieve
Dunbar, East Lothian.—At 10.30 on the morning of the 22nd of August, 1953, the coastguard telephoned that he had received a message from the Barnsness lighthouse that a man in a drifting fishing boat a mile east of the light- house was...
A Rowing Boat
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 3.20 on the afternoon of the 26th of Octo- ber', 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that the Brighton police had reported that a rowing boat, with two men on board, had anchored about one hun- dred and fifty...
Progress
FISHING VESSEL TOWED TO HARBOUR Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 4.27 on the afternoon of the 12th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Progress of Boddam, was overdue and the weather was...
Cornucopia
Sunderland, Durham.—At 9.30 in the morning, on the 3rd of April, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that a motor fishing vessel was flying distress signals one mile to the north east. Accord- ingly at 9.50 the life-boat Edward and Isabella...
Glamis
Cromer, Norfolk.—At 9.15 on the night of the 17th of June, 1950, the coastguard reported that the motor vessel Glamis, of Dundee, four miles to the northward, had wirelessed for a doctor. At 9.32, with the honorary secretary, Major E. Peter...
C.E.
Portrush, Co. Antrim.—At 4.46 on the morning of the 26th of June, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a fishing boat was in distress one mile west of Ramore Head. Within ten minutes the life-boat Laiy Scott, Civil Service No. 4, was...
Edith
Arklow, Co. Wicklow. — At 6.50 on the night of the 19th of November, 1951, the motor mechanic reported flares north of the harbour and at seven o'clock the life-boat Inbhear Mor was launched with the second cox- swain in charge. The sea...
Pilot Me II
Whltby, Yorkshire.-—At noon on the 26th of January, 1952, the second coxswain reported that the local motor fishing vessel Pilot Me II had wire- lessed that she was making for the harbour. A strong northerly breeze was blowing, with a heavy...
Fishing Cobles
Filey, Yorkshire.—At 7.15 on the morning of the 14th of November, 1956, when the weather was deteriorating, the coastguard rang up and asked for the life-boat to escort eight local fishing cobles to harbour. The life-boat Isa and Penryn...