LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Denrow
Newhaven, Sussex. At 11.10 on the morning of the 19th of April, 1960, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Denrow of Shore- ham, which had left Newhaven at 9.52 the morning before to fish to the west- ward of...
A Small Yacht (5)
OCTOBER 23RD. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. A small yacht had been reported in difficulties, but her crew were rescued by a steamer. - Rewards, £15 2s. 6d..
Enterprise, of Cromarty
FEBRUARY 21ST. - CROMARTY. At 6.30 in the evening a message was received at the post office that the motor boat Enterprise, of Cromarty, which carries mails and goods between Cromarty and Invergordon, was in danger of being driven ashore...
Two Pilot Boats
— Just before nightfall on 9th April two pilot boats had been seen pulling out to sea in a moderate S.W. gale with a rough sea and heavy rain. After dark the wind increased and anxiety was felt for their safety, so it was decided to launch...
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Fowey, Cornwall. —At 2.3 early on the morning of the 12th of August. 1954, the Polruan coastguard reported that a vessel was sounding blasts on a fog- horn near Gwineas Rock about one mile west of Mevagissey. At 2.31 the life-boat C.D.E.C....
A Cabin Cruiser
At 4.30 p.m. on 2ist August, 1966, it was noticed that a cabin cruiser was broaching to in broken water on the North Tail. The life-boat Louisa Anne Hawker proceeded at 4.45 in a moderate westerly breeze and a choppy sea. It was low water. A...
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St. Ives, Cornwall.—At 4.35 in the afternoon, on the 2nd of July, 1950, the Hayle police reported a man outside the breakers off Gwithian beach, a bather, missing. At 4.58 the life-boat Edgar, George, Orlando and Eva Child was launched,...
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FEBRUARY 3RD . - LERWICK, SHETLANDS.
At about 2.30 P.M. information was received from a resident at Bresay Island that two of his sons had gone across to Noss Island about twelve days before to look after sheep. On account...
The S.S. Velocity
HAUXLEY, NORTHUMBERLAND. — The coastguard reported, on the night of the 21st February, that he had heard signals of distress. A steamer was seen on the Bondicar Rocks : she had a light burning and was sounding her...
Monica
Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. At 11.15 on the night of the 7th of August, 1958, a message was received that a motor launch had broken down with engine trouble one mile west of Hook lighthouse. The life-boat Annie Blanche Smith put out at...