LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Love Divine
The Life- boat James Gowland was launched at 10.45 A.M. on the 17th March, it having been reported that the fishing coble Love Divine, belonging to Staithes, was in great difficulties, having had her rudder carried away. A moderate N.N.E....
Fishing Boats
Filey, Yorkshire.—At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 25th of October, 1954, the life-boat motor mechanic reported that a strong westerly wind was blowing and there was a heavy swell. Local fishing boats were at sea, and at 11.34 the...
Eclipse
PETERHEAD.—On the 28th March considerable anxiety was felt as to the safety of several fishing boats which had not returned, a whole gale having sprung up from E.N.E. accompanied by a tremendous sea. At 11 A.M. the Life-boat George Pickard...
Ocean Lover
DECEMBER 27TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 10.55 in the morning a message was received from the naval control for food to be taken to the drifter Ocean Lover, which had been lying a mile east of the boom for four days owing to thick fog...
Civil Service Life-Boat Fund
At the last annual meeting of the Com- mittee of the Civil Service Life-boat Fund, presided over by Mr. W. H. HAINES, chief clerk of the House of Lords, the honorary secretary, Mr. CHARLES DIBDIN, F.E.G.S., reported that during the past year...
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STRUCK ROCK At 5.40 p.m. on 28th May, 1966, the trawler Welsh Consort struck a rock at the entrance to Castlebay Harbour when leaving. She blew her siren continuously and the life-boat R.A. Colby Cubbin No. 3 was launched at 6...
Siroco
Walmer, Kent.—At 5.28 on the after- noon of the 27th of April, 1953. the Deal coastguard rang up to say that the fishing boat Siroco, of Boulogne, had hit a wreck in the Downs and appeared to have stuck, and at 5.35 the life-boat Charles...
Terrible Twins
Caister, Norfolk. At 9.35 on the morning of the llth of May, 1958, the motor mechanic saw a small ship's boat, which had broken down with engine trouble north of Caister Elbow buoy.
Ten minutes later the life-boat Jose...
Gillian
TOW FOR YACHT IN FOG Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. At 3.40 on the afternoon of the 20th October, 1962, the honorary secretary received a message from the coastguard that a small yacht with one man on board appeared in difficulties off St....
Barton Queen
Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 9 a.m. on loth January, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the local trawler Barton Queen was aground on Newcombe Sand two hundred yards off the harbour entrance. The life-boat Frederick Edward...