LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Defiant
Peterhead, Aberdeenshlre.—At 3.15 on the afternoon of the 4th of November, 1953, the coastguard telephoned that six boys in a rowing boat off the North Head had only two oars between them and were in difficulties in the tide and heavy swell,...
Penguin
Weymouth, Dorset.—-At 4.40 in the afternoon of the 30th of November, 1951, the Wyke Regis coastguard telephoned that a fifteen ton auxiliary yacht was flashing SOS signals three miles west of Portland Bill. The sea was rough, with a fresh...
Ailsea
Workington, Cumberland. At 6.35 on the morning of the 3rd July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the trawler Ailsea had broken down with engine trouble half- way between St. Bees and Meikle Ross in the Solway Firth...
Kiti
TOW FOR YACHT WITH THREE ABOARD Dungeness, Kent. At 2.10 on the afternoon of the 16th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was in difficulty off the power station. The life-boat Mabel...
A Dinghy (3)
JULY 27TH. - MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.
At 5.15 in the afternoon signals of distress were seen from Benllech and at 5.30 the motor life-boat G.W. was launched. The sea was rough, with a strong south-westerly wind blowing. The...
Annie Cargill
MARCH 10TH. - ARBROATH, ANGUS.
At 5.5 P.M. the coastguard reported that the local motor fishing boat, Annie Cargill, was in difficulties and drifting rapidly towards the rocks half a mile east of Arbroath harbour.
Provider and Elizabeth Isabel
Amble, Northumberland - At 7.35 a.m. on ist November, 1966, the cobles Provider and Elizabeth Isabel were still at sea with conditions at the harbour bar worsening in the ebb tide. The life-boat Millie Walton slipped her moorings at 7.45....
Fishing Cobles (1)
The Life-boat Hollon the Third was launched shortly before 9 A.M. on the 28th March to the assistance of twenty-three of the fishing cobles, which had put to sea earlier in the morning for the purpose of hauling their crab pots. The wind was...
The Fishing Research Motor Vessel William Herdman
Port Erin, and Port St. Mary, Isle of Man.
—About 4.30 in the afternoon, on the 6th of September, 1950, the Ramsey coastguard telephoned the Port Erin life-boat station that the fishing re- search motor vessel William...
The Sailing Barge Will Everard
Newhaven, Sussex. At 1.20 a.m. on 29th October, 1965, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that red flares had been sighted two miles south of the Breakwater. The life-boat Kathleen Mary was launched at 1.33 in a strong westerly breeze...