LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Swanage, Dorset.—At about 9.50 P.M.

on the 2nd August the coastguard saw flares half a mile east of Peveril Point.

A moderate S. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor lifeboat Thomas Markby...

Aldeburgh, Suffolk - At 7.10 a.m. on 22nd August, 1966, a yacht off Dunwich required assistance. There was a gale from the north east with a rough sea. It was two hours before high water. The life-boat Charles Cooper Henderson, on temporary...

IRVINE.—On the 26th February signals of distress were shown by the barquentine Caroline, of Belfast, which had stranded on the north perch at the entrance to Irvine Harbour. The Life-boat Buebie put off to her assistance at 9 P.M., a strong...

SICK MAN TAKEN OFF BULGARIAN SHIP Newhaven, Sussex. At 11.30 on the morning of the 17th May, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Bulgarian motor vessel Vassil Levsky of Varna had a sick man on board who needed a...

Humber, Yorkshire. At 3.30 on the afternoon of the 21st of August, 1959, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that a yacht appeared to be in difficulties on the Outer Binks. At 3.45 the life-boat City of Bradford III was...

Boulmer, Northumberland, At 9.5 a.m. on igth March, 1965, five local fishing cobles were" reported overdue by the coastguard. There was a moderate north-easterly breeze and a rough sea.

It was one hour before low water...

SEPT. 22ND. - HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.

At 8.8 P.M. it was reported by the coastguard that a vessel was showing signals of distress near the Plough Seat Rocks. A fresh N.E. wind was blowing, with a heavy swell. The...

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