LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
To the Help of a Submarine
The submarine "Universal" broke down in Cardigan Bay on the night of February 3rd. in a gale with a rough sea running and drifted up the bay for 60 miles. Four life-boats went out to her help, the St. David's boat, which helped...
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Windlatter
Lytham-St. Annes, Lancashire. — At 4.15 in the afternoon, on the 14th of August, 1950, the Lytham barge re- ported that a boat from the yacht Windlatter, of Preston, had told them the yacht was ashore. At 4.50 the life-boat Dunleary left her...
Carron
Douglas, Isle of Man.—At 5.40 in the evening of the 7th of September, 1951, the S.S. Lady of Man reported to the Ramsey coastguard that she had seen a cabin cruiser in distress about thirteen miles south-east of Douglas and that the cruiser...
River Nith, of Liverpool
The Life- boat John Ashbury, on this station went off, during a strong wind, before daybreak on the 20th February, in response to signals of distress shown by the ship River Nith, of Liverpool, which was bound to that port from Calcutta with...
Two Fishing Boats
A mode- rate easterly gale was blowing on the 3rd November, and with the flood-tide the sea increased considerably. During the afternoon two fishing boats, belong- ing to St. Andrew's, which had been waiting for the tide, were observed...
Fjeldgutten
GORLESTON, SUFFOLK.—At about 7.30 P.M., .on the 19th August, during a N.
wind with considerable sea, the Mark Lane Life-boat went out in response to signals for assistance shown by the St.
Nicholas Light...
Vera
Shortly after 8 P.M. on the 15th October distress signals were observed from the St.
Nicholas Light-vessel, indicating that a vessel was ashore and required assist- ance. The crew of the No. 1 Life-boat Mark Lane were...
American Ship Torpedoed
Early in 1945 the German U-boats renewed their attacks on shipping close to the British coasts and one of the first ships to suffer was an American steamer which was torpedoed off South Wales. She was taken in tow, but broke away in a gale...
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Hope
PENMON, ANGLESEY.—Early on the morning of 23rd August the dandy Hope, of St.
Ives, bound from Buncorn to Penryn with coal, having dragged her anchor and parted her chain, struck on the Dutchman Sandbank, opposite to Penmon,...
Boats
Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire. On the afternoon of the 5th of June, 1960, the weather deteriorated rapidly. There were thundery showers and the south- westerly wind increased suddenly from force 4 to force 8. A number of small craft...