LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Tranquillity
Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At 5.30 on the afternoon of the 12th of March, 1955, the Formby coastguard reported that the fishing boat Tranquillity, of Peter- head, had broken down near the More- cambe Bay lightvessel. At 7.18 the coastguard...
Patte
Barrow, Lancashire. At 9.5 on the morning of the 12th of May, 1958, the coastguard told the coxswain that a fishing vessel was in difficulty and aground half a mile off Sandy Gap, Walney Island. The life-boat Herbert Leigh was launched at...
Contango, of Woodbridge
Lowestoft, Suffolk - At 8 p.m. on 13th May, 1967, the yacht Contango of Woodbridge was reported aground on the Newcombe sandbank and was flying a distress signal. The life-boat Frederick Edward Crick was launched at 8.25 in a fresh north...
A Motor Cruiser
Poole, Dorset. At 6.45 on the evening of the 5th of February, 1961, the honor- ary secretary was told by the police that calls for help had been heard coming from the direction of Holes Bay. When the life-boat Thomas Kirk Wright was launched...
A Boat
RESCUED BY HELICOPTER At 7.4 pon. on I2th July, 1964, a local pleasure boat proprietor told the honorary secretary that a hirer of one of his boats was missing and that the help of the lifeboat was needed to find him. The tide had been...
Linda M.
TWO MEN RESCUED FROM FISHING BOAT Blyth, Northumberland. At 3.46 on the afternoon of the 4th November, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a message had been received from the east pier lighthouse keeper that two men in...
May
Penlee, Cornwall. At 12.48 on the afternoon of the 18th of February, 1960, the motor mechanic told the honorary secretary that a fishing boat had broken down close to the rocks at Tol-Pedn. At one o'clock the life-boat W. and S. was...
Family affair
Newbiggin lifeboat had a call out with a twist on 15 November 2010, as two members of the crew found themselves rescuing some familiar faces. Two men in the traditional fishing coble Crystal Sea called Humber Coastguard at 10.40am, reporting...
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Loss of Lives from Shipwreck at Bridlington
Some months ago, at Brid- lington, near Hull, during a strong S.E. gale, a small billyboy schooner came ashore south of the harbour of that place. She went into the bay and anchored in the afternoon. She soon dragged her...
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A Dinghy (3)
Swanage, Dorset - At 2.30 p.m. on 16th October, 1966, a party of 10 skin divers were being swept over Peveril ledge and were in need of assistance. The lifeboat R.L.P. was launched at 2.40 in a fresh west south westerly wind and a rough...