LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mercure
Margate, Kent.—At 3.5 in the after- noon, on the 26th of June, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that a motor yacht, which appeared to have broken down, was drifting four miles north- east by east of the pier. At 3.13 the life-boat The Lord...
A Small Boat
Broughty Ferry, Angus.—Shortly after ten o'clock on the morning of Sunday, the 1st of October, 1950, the Carnoustie coastguard reported that the Abertay Light vessel had said a small boat was in difficulties off the light- vessel. A...
Astros
REFLOATING A TRAWLER Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—At 6.20 in the morning of the 2nd of September, 1947, the coastguard reported a trawler ashore south of Rattray Head, with a bad list to port. The motor life-boat Julia Park Barry, of Glasgow,...
Alex
ENGINE FAILED Sunderland, Co. Durham.—At 8.7 on the night of the 13th of November, 1947, the coastguard reported a flare two miles east of Ryhope. Seaham life- boat was unable to launch owing to the lowness of the tide and the Sunder- land...
Coila
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 1.20 in the afternoon of the 17th of April, 1952, the Wyke Regis coastguard telephoned a wireless message from a steamer that the motor yacht Coila, of Plymouth, on passage to Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, was flying distress...
Empress
Kilmore, Co. Wexford.—At 2.45 on the afternoon of the 16th of July, 1952, the motor mechanic reported that the fishing boat Empress, of Wexford, with a crew of three, was in difficulties about three miles east of Kilmore...
None
Tobermory, Isle of Mull.---On the evening of the 5th August, 1939, a doctor asked for the life-boat to take a woman to Oban, to be sent thence to the Maternity Hospital, Glasgow. No steamer was available and he was afraid that she would...
Yves Chantal
Penlee, Cornwall. At 6.25 p.m. on 4th January, 1966, the Tol Pedn coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen 10 miles south of Tol Pedn. The life-boat Solomon Browne was launched at 6.38 on a moderate southerly...
Namanda
YACHT AGROUND Kirkcudbright. At 5.06 p.m. on nth April, 1965, a local boatman informed the honorary secretary that he had seen a cabin cruiser on the rocks off the Balmangan shore of Ross Bay. There was a strong westerly breeze with a slight...
Catrina
TOW FOR CATAMARAN IN NEAR GALE Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. At 2.3 on the afternoon of the 9th September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor yacht appeared to be in difficulties northnorth- east of Fishguard. The...