LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Nil Desperandum
SEAMAN LANDED Exmouth, Devon. At 9.15 p.m. on I4th December, 1963, the shore attendant informed the honorary secretary that the second coxswain had gone fishing at two o'clock and had not returned to harbour.
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Fishing Cobles (1)
DECEMBER 19TH. - NEWBIGGIN - BY - THE - SEA, NORTHUMBERLAND. Eight cobles were out fishing, and a fresh northerly wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. At 11.45 in the morning the life-boat station received a message from the coastguard...
Thessalia, of Whitby
About a fortnight later, the same Life- boat was able to effect the rescue of another Shipwrecked crew. A strong gale from the E.N.E. was experienced there on the 10th February, and, about ten o'clock at night, a vessel was observed...
Yarmouth Isle of Wight's Arin Class Lifeboat Joy and John Wade
Yarmouth Isle of Wight's Arin Class Lifeboat Joy and John Wade. - View image in PDF
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Fishing Vessels
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At 5.18 on the morning of the 15th of March, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the local fishing fleet were returning to harbour, and as the weather was becoming...
Kittiwake
Weymouth, Dorset.—-On the after- noon of the 5th of April, 1947, the small yacht Ki tiwake, with one man wi board, lost her sails in Weymouth Bay and ran on a sandbank. A strong south-west wind was blowing, with a moderately tough sea and...
Industry
A signal of distress was observed from a vessel in Forthdinllaen Bay during a strong gale from the N.W. on the 22nd December. The crew of the George Moore Life-boat immediately assembled, the Boat was launched at 5.30 P.M. and rescued the...
The Barges Julia Pile and Nellie Ann
Appledore, Devon.—At 1.5 on the afternoon of the 6th of December, 1954, the coxswain reported that the barges Julia Pile and Nellie Ann, of Barnstaple, which each had a crew of two, had got into difficulties off Crow Point while collecting...
Crane
On the 31st December, at 3 P.M., the Life-boat Christopher Brown was launched during a S.W. gale, and proceeded to the smack Crane, of Beau- inariSj which vessel was at anchor in a dangerous position with a signal of dis- tress flying. The...
Windsor Lad II and Isabella
Filey, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 25th of October, 1949, while two local fishing cobles were out fishing, the south-easterly wind increased almost to a gale. The life-boat The Cuttle was launched at 11.10 in a heavy swell and finding...