LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Adoration, Ebenezer and Nellie
CAUGHT BY SUDDEN GALES Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. — On the morning of the 13th of January, 1948, anxiety was felt for the safety of several local fishing boats at sea, for a gale was getting up, and at 12.15, when it was blowing a...
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Ramsgate, Kent.—At 12.59 early on the moring of the 3rd of March, 1954, the coastguard rang up to say that the North Goodwin lightvessel had reported flares between the light- vessel and North Foreland. At 1.30 the life-boat Michael and Lily...
Fishing Boats
VERY HEAVY SEA North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At 8.30 a.m. on i2th September, 1964, the life-boat's mechanic informed the honorary secretary that five small fishing boats were out and that a very heavy sea was...
Sunbeam
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 9.25 on the morning of the 15th of Septem- ber, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small fishing boat was on fire off North Head. The life-boat Julia Park Barry of Glasgow left her...
Wittezee
NOVEMBER 12TH. - THE MUMBLES GLAMORGANSHIRE. The Dutch motor vessel Wittezee, of Rotterdarn, stranded below Port Eynon Point. The life-boat went out at 9 A.M., three-quarters of an hour after she had returned from the service of the day...
A British Anson Aeroplane (2)
NOVEMBER 6TH. - ABERYSTWYTH, CARDIGANSHIRE, AND BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE. A British Anson aeroplane had crashed into the sea and both life-boats were launched. The Aberystwyth boat put out without waiting for the secondcoxswain and assistant...
A Fishing Boat
Hastings, Sussex.—At 8.27 on the morning of the 27th of May, 1956, the Fairlight coastguard telephoned to say a fishing boat with three men on board was drifting out to sea off St. Leonards.
At 8.50 the life-boat M.T.C. was...
Beatrice
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 6.51 on the evening of the 20th of September, 1957, the coast- guard telephoned that a local fishing boat was anchored south of the har- bour entrance. At 7.2 the life-boat Louise Stephens was...
The Motor Fishing Boats Laurel and Faithful
DECEMBER 21ST. - ST. ABBS, BERWICKSHIRE.
At 1.45 in the afternoon the motor fishing boat Laurel put out from St. Abbs to search for another local boat, the motor fishing boat Faithful, which, with a crew of three on board,...
Cormorant
Runswick, Yorkshire.—About 8.30 on the evening of the 29th of August1954, a yacht off Staithes was seen to be in difficulties, and it was noticed that her crew of three had lowered her sails. Her engine did not appear to be very powerful,...